Thursday 30 May 2013

Leonardo da Vinci – part 2

This is part 2 of a 3-part post on the works of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). For biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1.


1487c Grotesque Profile 
ink on paper

1488-90 Study of a Woman's Head 
metalpoint on paper 17.9 x 16.8 cm 
Musée du Louvre, Paris © RMN

1489-90 Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile 
metalpoint on paper 32 x 20 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1489-90 Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani ( Lady with an Ermine ) 
oil on wood 54.8 x 40.3 cm 
© Princes Czartoryski Foundation

1489-90 Study of a Woman's Hands 
metalpoint over charcoal heightened with white on paper 21.4 x 15 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1489-94 The Ermine as a Symbol of Purity 
pen and ink and chalk 91 cm dia. 
© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

1490-1504 Torso of a Man in Profile, the Head Squared for Proportion, and Sketches of Two Horsemen 
pen and ink and chalk over silverpoint 28 x 22.4 cm

1490-91 Madonna Litta 
tempera on canvas transferred from panel 42 x 33 cm 
© The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Madonna Litta: Generally accepted

Thought to be by the hand of Leonardo and a pupil, Marco d'Oggiono.


1490-92 Measured Study of a Foot 
chalk on paper 9 x 7cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1490-94 Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left 
pen and ink over chalk 11.7 x 5.2 cm

1490-94 The Layers of the Scalp and the Ventricles of the Brain 
pen and ink and chalk on paper 20.3 x 15.2 cm 
The Royal Collection
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1490c A Study for an Equestrian Monument 
metalpoint 18.8 x 15.2 cm

1490c Bust of a Man in Profile with Measurements and Notes 
ink on paper

1490c Five Caricature Heads 
ink on paper 18 x 12 cm

1490c La Belle Ferronière 
oil on panel 63 x 45 cm 
Musée du Louvre, Paris © RMN

1490c Study of Horses 
metalpoint on paper 25 x 18.7 cm

1490c Study of Proportion 
silverpoint on blue paper 21.3 x 15.3 cm

1491-93 Head of a Youth 
chalk on paper 19 x 15 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II


1491-93 Study for the Hands of Saint John 
chalk on paper 11.7 x 15.2 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1492 Vitruvian Man 
pen and ink, watercolour and metalpoint on paper 34.3 x 24.5 cm

1492c Study for a Last Supper 
chalk, traces of pen and ink on paper 25.9 x 39.4 cm 
© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia

1493-96 Drapery Study for the Right Sleeve of Saint Peter 
pen and ink, chalk, heightened with white 16.6 x 15.5 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1493c Five Character Studies ( A Man Tricked by Gypsies ) 
pen and ink on paper 26 x 20.5 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1494-9 Head and Shoulders of a Child in Profile 
chalk on paper 10 x 10 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1494-95 Study for the Last Supper 
pen and ink on paper 26.6 x 21.4 cm

1494-96 Torso and Shoulders of a Child Seen from Front and Back 
chalk on paper 16.5 x 13.6 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1495c Study for the Last Supper 
ink and metalpoint on paper 14.5 x 11.3 cm

1495-97 The Last Supper ( pre-restoration ) 
fresco 421 x 90.1 cm

1495-97 The Last Supper ( post-restoration ) 
fresco 421 x 90.1 cm

1495c Head of Christ 
pencil and wash on paper

1495c Heads of an Old Man and a Youth 
chalk on paper 20.8 x 15 cm

1495c Study of a Man with his Head Turned 
18 x 15 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1495c The Head of Saint James in the Last Supper 
chalk and pen and ink 25.2 x 17.2 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

after 1499 The Madonna of the Yarnwinder 
oil on walnut 48.9 x 36.8 cm 
© The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and The Trustees of the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust

1500c Study for Madonna with the Yarnwinder 
chalk on paper 25.7 x 20.3 cm
 
1499-1501 Bust of a Woman 
silverpoint and chalk on paper 22.1 x 15.9 cm 
The Royal Collection 
© 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II


1499c The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist 
charcoal and chalk on paper 104.6 x 141.5 cm 
© The National Gallery, London

1500 Isabella d'Este 
chalk on paper 63 x 46 cm

1500-05 Caricature Head Study of an Old Man 
chalk on paper 9.8 x 8.2 cm

1500-13 The Virgin and Child with St. Anne 
oil on wood

1500c Drawing of Drapery 
chalk on paper

1500c Salvator Mundi 
oil on panel 65.5 x 45.1 cm

1501-06 Virgin and Child with St. Anne 
pen and ink on paper

1501-10 Study for the Infant Christ 
chalk on paper

1501c Study for St. Anne 
pencil on paper 21.8 x 16.4 cm

1501c Study for the Virgin and Child with St. Anne 
pen and ink over chalk on paper 26 x 19.7 cm

1502 Study of a Male Head 
chalk on paper

1503-04 Galloping Rider and other Figures 
chalk on paper 16.8 x 24 cm

1503-04 Group of riders in the Battle of Anghiari 
black chalk, white highlights 16 x 19.7 cm

1503-04 Rearing Horse 
red chalk and pencil 15.3 x 14.2 cm

1503-04 Study of battles on horseback and on foot 
pen and ink on paper 14.5 x 15.2 cm

1503-04 Study of battles on horseback and on foot 
pen and ink on paper 16 x 15.2 cm

1503-04 Study of battles on horseback 
pen and ink on paper