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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)

A rocky outcrop

c.1510-15

RCIN 912397

A drawing of a thrown-up mass of stratified rocks slanting diagonally from right to left. Behind are vertical peaks, and in the foreground horizontal stratifications and a small waterfall. The sheet is Irregularly cut. This drawing of rocks was probably a preparatory study for the background of Leonardo’s painting of the Madonna and Child with St Anne and a lamb now in the Louvre, Paris.
  • stamp, ER VII, crowned, in oval: Lugt 901

    murmaid in a double circle


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