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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
A tempest
c.1517-18RCIN 912376
A drawing of a hurricane assailing a band of horsemen, with trees bent to the ground. In the upper part flood water full of wreckage, is touched by clouds and rain from a gigantic water spout. In the clouds are storm gods, and on the left child wind gods control the water spout. The lower left corner has been cut off.