9 Chapter 8 Losses

Chapter 8 Losses In 1504, Leonardo's father, Ser Piero, died. He was seventy-eight years old. There was no will, and Leonardo ended up receiving nothing. All the money went to Ser Piero's other children. Then, in 1507, Leonardo's uncle Francesco died. He had been the only relative to show him any affection. Francesco did have a will. Everything was left to Leonardo. Francesco wanted Leonardo to have all his land and money. But Leonardo's half brothers and sisters were furious. They went to court. What Leonardo ended up getting was the use of Francesco's land and money. After Leonardo died, it would all go to his relatives.

1504年，列奥纳多的父亲塞尔·皮耶罗去世了。 他享年78岁。 没有遗嘱，列奥纳多最后什么也没得到。 所有的钱都给了皮耶罗的其他孩子。 1507年，达·芬奇的叔叔弗朗西斯科去世。 他是唯一对他表示过感情的亲戚。 弗朗西斯科确实有遗嘱。 一切都留给了列奥纳多。 弗朗西斯科想让列奥纳多拥有他所有的土地和金钱。 但是莱昂纳多同父异母的兄弟姐妹们非常愤怒。 他们上了法庭。列奥纳多最终得到的是弗朗西斯科的土地和金钱。 列奥纳多死后，这些钱都归他的亲戚所有。

Leonardo was almost sixty. He had health problems. He had no home and not all that much to show for his many years of work. But at a time when he needed a patron, one appeared. The man appreciated Leonardo for the genius he was. He provided him with a lovely home and garden. He let Leonardo bring along Salai and his other good friend, Francesco Melzi. All the man asked of Leonardo was his company. The man also happened to be a king. King Francis I of France had a grand house in Amboise. That's in the northern part of France. Leonardo was given a beautiful brick-and-limestone house to live in. He brought along his

莱昂纳多快60岁了。 他有健康问题。他没有家，也没有多少东西可以展示他多年的工作成果。 但就在他需要一个赞助人的时候，出现了一个。 这个人很欣赏列奥纳多的天才。 他给他提供了一个可爱的家和花园。 他让列奥纳多带上萨莱和他的另一个好朋友弗朗西斯科·梅尔齐。 这个人只要求列奥纳多陪他。 这个人碰巧也是个国王。 法国国王弗朗西斯一世在昂布瓦兹有一所大房子。 那是在法国北部。 莱昂纳多得到了一所漂亮的砖石房子住。 他带来了他的

book collection, his notebooks, and three of his paintings. One of them was the Mona Lisa. A tunnel connected the two houses. Each day he was in Amboise, the king would come to visit and talk. He would pick a subject and ask Leonardo his opinions. The king evidently felt it was an honor simply to be in Leonardo's presence. And so Leonardo finished out his life in France. On May 2, 1519, he died. One story says that he died in the king's arms. Another says that his last words were about his horse statue. If only he had been able to complete it. He was buried in a chapel in Amboise. It may not be a happy ending. But it isn't a sad one, either.

藏书，他的笔记本，还有他的三幅画。 其中之一就是《蒙娜丽莎》。 一条隧道把两座房子连接起来。 他在昂布瓦兹的每一天，国王都会来拜访和谈话。 他会选择一个主题，询问列奥纳多的意见。 显然，国王仅仅是在达·芬奇面前就感到荣幸。 就这样，列奥纳多在法国结束了他的一生。 1519年5月2日，他去世了。有一个故事说他死在国王的怀里。 另一个人说他的遗言是关于他的马雕像。 要是他能把它完成就好了。 他被埋葬在安布瓦兹的一个小教堂里。 这可能不是一个快乐的结局。 但这也不是一个悲伤的故事。

THE NOTEBOOKS LEONARDO LEFT HIS NOTEBOOKS TO HIS FRIEND MELZI, WHO TRIED TO ORGANIZE THEM. ALL THE PAGES ON ART WERE ASSEMBLED AND PUBLISHED AS A BOOK. IT WAS CALLED TREATISE ON PAINTING. A TREATISE EXPLAINS A

列奥纳多的笔记本留给了他的朋友梅尔齐，梅尔齐试图整理这些笔记本。 所有关于艺术的页面都被整理成一本书出版。 它被称为《绘画论》。 一篇论文解释了一个问题

PERSON'S IDEAS ON A SUBJECT. SO THIS BOOK EXPLAINS LEONARDO'S IDEAS ABOUT PAINTING. FOR SOME REASON, THE BOOK WASN'T PUBLISHED UNTIL 1651, MORE THAN 130 YEARS AFTER LEONARDO'S DEATH. THE REST OF THE NOTEBOOK PAGES REMAINED UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD FOR FAR LONGER. THE SHEETS THAT WEREN'T LOST OR STOLEN OR CUT APART DIDN'T COME TO LIGHT UNTIL THE EARLY 1800S. THE MOST RECENT ONES WERE FOUND IN 1965. THEY TURNED UP IN MADRID, IN THE STACKS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY!

一个人对某一主题的看法。 所以这本书解释了列奥纳多的绘画思想。 由于某种原因，这本书直到1651年才出版，也就是在达·芬奇去世130多年后。 笔记本的其余部分在很长一段时间内都不为人知。 直到19世纪初，那些没有丢失、被盗或被剪断的床单才被曝光。 最近的一次发现是在1965年。 它们出现在马德里，在国家图书馆的书架里!