Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the exhibition brings together more than 200 of the Renaissance master's greatest drawings in the Royal Collection, forming the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in over 65 years.
Drawing served as Leonardo's laboratory, allowing him to work out his ideas on paper and search for the universal laws that he believed underpinned all of creation. The drawings by Leonardo in the Royal Collection have been together as a group since the artist's death in 1519. Acquired during the reign of Charles II, they provide an unparalleled insight into the workings of Leonardo's mind and reflect the full range of his interests, including painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany.
The drawings
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Two heads of grotesque animals
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: The skull sectioned. Verso: The cranium
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
The head of Leda
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
A deluge
What's on
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