LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Perspective Study for The Adoration of the Magi Metalpoint, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on cream prepared paper About 1480–1481 The large portico structure has moved to the left, the ruins of a temple have appeared on the right, and Leonardo has connected the two buildings with a vast roof. Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, inv. 436 E Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Studies of Two Horsemen and a Standing Figure for The Adoration of the Magi Metalpoint reworked with pen and brown ink About 1480–1481 Leonardo transferred this study to the background of The Adoration of the Magi, to the left of the fighting horsemen.The horse on the right, visible in the infrared reflectogram, was covered by the trunk of the tree growing on the rock behind the Virgin and Child. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, inv. PD. 121-1961 0 53 0 54