LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Verso: Studies of Human Profiles Pen and brown ink About 1478–1480 Leonardo drew the same subjects on the verso of the sheet: ideally beautiful children, male figures in the prime of life and old men with deformed features. The Royal Collection, Windsor, RL 12276 verso, loaned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Study for a Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist (?) Pen and brown ink About 1478–1480 A sheet of studies held in the Uffizi Gallery bears an inscription by Leonardo indicating that he had started work on two Virgin Marys towards the end of 1478; this quick sketch was probably related to that project. Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Inv. 2316 0 32 0 33