Unesco travelling print exhibition: Leonardo Da Vinci

T h e Adoration o f the Kings o f 1481 in the Uffizi, Florence, m a y have 20. CCIL I. Woman's Hands. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. been evolved from a n earlier composition o f the Adoration o f the Possibly a study for the hands i n the portrait of a lady i n the Shepherds represented in this a n d other sketches. Lichtenstein Collection [Ginevra d e ' Bonci (?)] dating from Leonardo's first Florentine period. T h e picture has been cut 1 0 . L I X Man Blowing a Trumpet into the Ear o f Another and Two Figures in down a n d now includes the head a n d bust only b u t there is evidence Conversation. British Museum, London. t h a t it originally showed the hands approximately in this position. Generally regarded as studies for the background figures o f the II. Fantastic Battle with an Elephant. Royal Library, Windsor Adoration o f the Kings, o f i 4 8 1 , . the two groups ma y however have Castle. a n allegorical meaning. Dating probably from about 1511, this drawing seems o n the one h a n d to b e a sort o f fantastic reminiscence o f the Battle o f Anghiari I I . XLIII I. Study f o r an Adoration o f the Shepherds. Accademia, Venice. a n d o n the other to be connected with the apocalyptic visions I I . Studies f o r an Adoration o f the Shepherds. Accademia, Venice. o f destruction. T h e Adoration o f the Kings o f 1481 in the Uffizi, Florence, may have been evolved from a n earlier composition o f the Adoration 2 1 . c c x x x x i n I. Seated Nude Man and Child with a Lamb. Royal Library, o f the Shepherds represented in this a n d other sketches. Windsor Castle. 1 2 . X L Studies o f the Virgin Adoring the Infant Christ. Metropolitan Museum, I I . Three Studies o f a Child with a Lamb. Formerly G r a n d Ducal New York. Collection, Weimar. Studies for a composition which seems to be connected with the 114. Study o f a Child. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 0 Virgin o f the Rocks a n d probably preceded it. IV. Studies o f the Virgin and Child. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 1 3 . X L V I I Perspective Study f o r the Background o f the Adoration o f the Kings. Nos. I I I a n d I I I contain studies o f the Infant Christ with a Louvre, Paris. Lamb , which ma y be connected with one o f the compositions of Fo r the painting of 1481 in the Uffizi, Florence. the Virgin and Child with St. Anne. No. I V is b y Leonardo's pupil, Cesare d a Sesto, though it m a y b e based o n a sketch b y the 1 4 . L V I. Study o f a Rearing Horse. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. master. I I . Study o f a Rearing Horse. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Apparently studies for horses in the Battle o f Anghiari, 1 5 0 3 - 4 . 2 2 . L X X X V I Head o f a Girl. Ex-Royal Library, Turin. Apparently a study for the h e a d o f the angel in one of the two 1 5 . L X V I I Horseman. Collection o f Mr . J o h n Nicholas Brown, Newport, versions o f the Virgin o f the Rocks (1483 o r earlier). U.S.A. Probably for the background o f the Adoration o f the Kings o f 1 4 8 1 2 3 . x c v Profile Head o f a Woman Looking Down to the Left. Louvre, Paris. in the Uffizi, Florence. Study for the h e a d o f the Virgin i n a composition o f the Virgin and Child known as the Madonna Litta i n the Hermitage a t Lenin- 16. LXVI I. Rider on a Galloping Horse. Accademia, Venice. grad. I t dates from Leonardo's first Florentine period. I I . Rider on a Galloping Horse. Collection o f Captain Norman Colville. . 2 4 . C C X X X I I I Portrait o f Isabella d'Este, Duchess o f Mantua. Louvre, Paris. Both drawings are probably studies for background figures in the Probably dating from 1499, wh e n Leonardo passed through Adoration o f the Kings o f 1481 i n the Uffizi, Florence. Ma n t u a o n his way from Milan to Venice. 1 7 . cxxi Studies o f Horses and o f Horses' Heads. Royal Library, Windsor 2 5 C I V Study o f a Winged Woman, Allegoiy with Fortune, British Museum, Castle. London. Probably ma d e in connexion with the Adoration o f the Kings o f Probably dating from Leonardo's early Florentine period or from 1 4 8 1 , i n the Uffizi, Florence. the beginning o f his stay in Milan, 1481-83- 18. CXXIV Studies o f Parts o f Horses. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 26. LXXXIX Women Dancing. Accademia, Venice. Probably ma d e in connexion with the Adoration o f the Kings o f Probably dating from about 1504-8. 1 4 8 1 , in the Uffizi, Florence. 2 7 . X C Woman Pointing. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Possibly the study for a costume in a masque a n d dating from about 1513. G R O U P J J 2 8 . C L X X X V I I 1'outh with a Lance. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. O n e o f a series o f designs for costumes in a masque, perhaps dating from about 1511. 1 9 . X L I X Profiles o f Men, Touths and Girls. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. T h e drawings must date from Leonardo's first Florentine period, 29. ccvi Studies o f a Woman's Coiffure. Royal Library, Windsor Castle. a b o u t 1478, b u t the type o f profile, here occurring for the first Similar hairdressing is to b e found in the composition o f Leda and time, is to b e found in sketches throughout his life, the Swan, known from copies b y pupils o f Leonardo. 1 2 13