A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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A Painter deserves but a small share of Reputation who only succeeds in some one Branch of his Art; as for Instance in Painting a*Nudity, a Head, Drapery, Animals, Landskips, &c. since the heaviest Genius by incessant ploding on the same thing, cannot fail at length, f performing it well.
* A Naked Figure, either of Man, or Woman; especially the latter.
