LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Saint-Morys Drapery Study for a Seated Figure Distemper on linen About 1475–1482 Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Inv. 2255 Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Study of a Tuscan Landscape Pen and brown ink Dated 5 August 1473 This is the earliest dated drawing by Leonardo.The upper part bears the following inscription in his left-handed mirror writing: the Day of Our Lady of the Snow, the fifth day of August 1473. The scene is a landscape in the Arno valley, probably in the region of Leonardo’s home town of Vinci.The artist used brisk strokes to simplify parts of the panorama – such as the fields in the valley – but endeavoured to capture the flow of the waterfall and the trembling of the leaves on the trees. Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, inv. 8 P 0 13 0 14