LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
Apocalyptic scenes, with notes
c.1517-18RCIN 912388
Four sketches show scenes from the end of the world. A mountain and fortress crumble; skeletons climb from their graves; a great ball of fire and smoke burns over a pit in which the sea boils; fire rains down onto cowering figures. The notes by contrast are coolly scientific, discussing the appearance of sunlit clouds.
watermark: orb, similar to 912329 (Briquet range 2947-2962)