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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)

A river landscape

c.1511-13

RCIN 912400

Leonardo drew the scene from a window in the family villa of his pupil, Francesco Melzi, at Vaprio, east of Milan. It shows the river Adda flowing towards us over shallow rapids, with a chain ferry carrying oxen and a herdsman. The drawing testifies to the precision of Leonardo’s touch and eyesight, even as he turned 60.
  • watermark: Flower (cut) [-]


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