Allegory of Painting (The Death of Leonardo da Vinci)
ca. 1780–99
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 17 13/16 × 21 3/4 in. (45.3 × 55.2 cm) Sheet: 21 3/8 × 26 9/16 in. (54.3 × 67.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2006
Accession Number
2006.327
Tags
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Giuseppe Cades · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...