LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Andrea del VERROCCHIO Florence, about 1435–Venice, 1488 Studies of Children Traces of metalpoint or black chalk, reworked with pen and brown ink About 1470–1480 Leonardo stayed in Verrocchio’s workshop until at least the late 1470s.The poses in these studies of children are found in other works by Verrocchio: the blessing putto can be seen in a Virgin and Child and the reclining putto in several sculptures.The brisk pen strokes and simplified, discontinuous outlines recall the technique developed by Leonardo at the same time. Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 2 verso Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Recto: Studies for a Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist; Human and Animal Profiles Pen and brown ink About 1478–1480 The brisk strokes, broken lines, anatomical deformations and overlapping ideas reflect the artistic freedom Leonardo developed in the late 1470s. Playing on similarities between human profiles and the animal world became a recurrent feature of Leonardo’s drawing. The Royal Collection, Windsor, RL 12276 recto, loaned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 0 30 0 31