LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
A tempest
c.1513-18RCIN 912376
Among dense clouds, wind-gods hurl thunderbolts or blow the storm along with trumpets. A landslide peels away from the remains of a mountain at upper right, falling into the waters that rush around its base. The tempest overwhelms a party of horsemen who cower on the ground as broken trees fall among them.