Study of a Madonna [verso]

Leonardo da Vinci

probably 1470/1480

Study of a Madonna [verso] by Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 16 x 13.5 cm (6 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

The Armand Hammer Collection

Accession Number

1991.217.2.b

About the Artist

Leonardo da Vinci · 14521519

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...

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