On Painting: the reflected object between eye and light
A further division of the study of light, shadow and reflection
A short note in red chalk, again headed 'On Painting,' announces a further division of the subject: the nature of a reflected object set between the eye and the light, considered through its several aspects. The page continues the analysis of light and shadow begun on the preceding leaves. Only a few lines of mirror-script are written, the lower half of the sheet left blank.
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Reflection of an object placed between eye and light
Leonardo flags a new heading: the behaviour of a reflected object standing between the eye and the light source. He proposes to treat it through diverse aspects, extending the earlier scheme of light-and-shadow positions to cases involving reflection.