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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
Studies of an infant
c.1490RCIN 912568
Various studies of babies; on the left two studies of a baby, sitting in profile to the right. In the centre a baby's right leg, standing in profile to the right. Above this is a baby's hand, roughly drawn. On the right is a baby's left leg and groin, viewed from the front.
watermark: 8-spoked large wheel. Diameter: 51 mm ext., 10 mm int. Briquet's comparable examples (13221, 13222, 13227) are all mid C14th. Smaller versions 13229, 13230 are late C15th. All northern Italian (Padua, Venice predominantly)
