The Augustinian monks of Florence’s San Donato a Scopeto asked him to paint them an adoration of the magi, a common painting of the time. He had only painted one other work under commission before being commissioned to make the Adoration of the Magi. Neither paintings were ever completed by him (“Leonardo da Vinci Biography”). Da Vinci would leave for Milan before finishing. He also was afraid the aesthetic results would not be what he hoped for (“Adoration of the Magi, Leonardo da Vinci”). How the painting was made is interesting, but what’s more interesting is the meaning behind the
The Augustinian monks of Florence’s San Donato a Scopeto asked him to paint them an adoration of the magi, a common painting of the time. He had only painted one other work under commission before being commissioned to make the Adoration of the Magi. Neither paintings were ever completed by him (“Leonardo da Vinci Biography”). Da Vinci would leave for Milan before finishing. He also was afraid the aesthetic results would not be what he hoped for (“Adoration of the Magi, Leonardo da Vinci”). How the painting was made is interesting, but what’s more interesting is the meaning behind the