Le Mirabilissime Invenzioni of
Leonardo da Vinci

The Mirabilissime Invenzioni, as defined by Leonardo in the Treatise on Painting, are intentional images integrated within the painting, constructed inside the limbs of the painting: in landscapes, rocks, mountains and plants. Through formal variations and specific conditions of observation, these images become recognizable within the forms of the landscape.

The Leonardesque landscape is not a generic background, but an intentional reconstruction of a real territory. This study identifies the exact geographical contexts observed and reworked by Leonardo according to verifiable geometric relationships, with objective evidence in the analyses dedicated to the Saint Anne and the Mona Lisa.

Within this complex structure emerges the recurring presence of the self-portrait, understood as a verifiable hypothesis through formal comparisons and continuity of the necessary details. The adopted method rejects symbolic or arbitrary interpretations: it is based exclusively on observation, comparison and verification between the structure of the painting and the real territory.

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