Seated at a table in the neat and spacious room Verrocchio had assigned to him, Leonardo, dressed in only his undergarment, held a needle in his left hand. In front of him was a purple and cream coloured piece of fabric that he was busy stitching to the main body of the garment which was white. Satisfied with his workmanship, he held up the finished toga, slipped off his undergarment and with the aid of one of Verrocchio’s apprentices, put on the garment he had just made. Holding a small mirror in his hand, he admired himself from various angles. The hem of the toga was rimmed in gold while sliding elegantly across the left-hand side of his chest was a decorated motif of the symbolic Florentine Giglio.
Several hours later, Leonardo and Verrocchio were in a carriage en route to the summer
