Traitté de la Peinture by Leonardo da Vinci|Roland Fréart Sieur de Chambray|Jacques Langlois|Nicolas Poussin|René Lochon

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

About the Artist

Leonardo da Vinci|Roland Fréart Sieur de Chambray|Jacques Langlois|Nicolas Poussin|René Lochon · 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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