Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci.
In this connexion we may think of the importance of the Lombards, the Leonardeschi, and the Venetians for contemporary northern painting.
1969, Gert von der Osten, Horst Vey, translated by Mary Hottinger, Painting and Sculpture in Germany and the Netherlands 1500–1600 (The Pelican History of Art; Z31), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC2 more examples
There are good reasons to think that Caravaggio admired the renaissance art of the Leonardeschi. For this Boy peeling fruit, he may have been thinking specifically of the famous Flora that was painted around 1510 by Francesco Melzi, one of Leonardo's most faithful Milanese students and indeed his legal heir.
2003, Caravaggio & His World: Darkness & Light, Sydney, N.S.W.: Art Gallery of New South Wales; Melbourne, Vic.: National Gallery of Victoria, →ISBN, page 82In the first half of the sixteenth century, only the leonardeschi — those painters who undergo the influence of Leonardo and his works — correspond to such needs.
2007, Carlo Pedretti, Margherita Melani, editors, Leonardo Da Vinci: The European Genius: Paintings and Drawings: Exhibition in the Basilica of Koekelberg, Brussels, in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome for the Constitution of the European Community (1957–2007), Foligno, Perugia, Italy: Cartei & Bianchi, →ISBN, page 170, column 1
Origin
- Italianleonardeschi
- EnglishLeonardeschi
Borrowed from Italian leonardeschi, the masculine plural form of leonardesco (“of or pertaining to Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardesque”), named after the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) + -esco (“-esque”, suffix forming an adjective or noun indicating relationship, membership or quality).
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French leonardeschi
- leonardeschigroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Italian leonardeschi
- leonardeschigroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Polish leonardianie
- leonardianiegroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Portuguese leonardescos
- leonardescosgroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Russian леонарде́ски
- леонарде́ски (leonardéski)group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Spanish leonardescos
- leonardescosgroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Swedish Leonardeschi
- Leonardeschigroup of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
Ukrainian леонарде́ски
- леонарде́ски (leonardésky)group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardeschi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonardeschi
“Leonardeschi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonardeschi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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