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About the book >.>.> Volume 32 of the Technical Bulletin is a special bssue devoted to the work of Leonardo da Vinci his training in the workshop of Verrocchio and his followers and associates. Its publication in print and online coincides with the National Gallery exhibition Lavande da Vinct: Pinter at the Court of Milan (9 November 2011-5 February 2012). Recent studies of Verrocchio’s painting technique and workshop practice have implications for our understanding of Leonardo’s Many aspects of Leonardo’s technique. including his underdrawing procedure and use of monochrome undermodelling appear to originate with his master. However since Verrocchio seems to have remained primarily a tempera painter it is proposed that Leonardo may also have spent time with the Pollaiuolo brothers in order to learn to paint in oils. This article discusses the technique of Leonardo’s earliest works and also the extent of his contribution to The Baptism of Christ (Uffizi Florence) which he finished many years after it was begun by Verrocchio. The proposal that Leonardo executed parts of Tobias and the Angel (NG 781) is also considered. After several years of research into the feasibility and safety of a possible conservation treatment in 2008-9 Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks (NG 1093) was cleaned and restored. The treatment was undertaken primarily for aesthetic reasons since the picture had become increasingy difficult to read as the result of the severe degradation of the oil and mastic varnish applied in 1949. Analytical study of the picture was carried out before treatment was begun. and at various times during cleaning to clarify the status of surface layers to provide information on layer structure and materials and to help interpret condition. As a result our knowledge of Leonardo’s painting practice has been greatly enlarged. (LL)