Traitté de la Peinture
Medium
Printed book
Dimensions
Overall: 15 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. (39.3 x 27 x 4 cm) Storage: 16 3/4 x 11 11/16 x 2 9/16 in. (42.5 x 29.7 x 6.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.95.3
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Roland Fréart Sieur de Chambray|Jacques Langlois|Nicolas Poussin|René Lochon · 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...