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Recto: A horse and rider, and studies for Leda, c.1503-04 (chalk, pen & ink on...

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ROC5617346
Image title
Recto: A horse and rider, and studies for Leda, c.1503-04 (chalk, pen & ink on paper)
Artist
Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Italian
Location
Royal Collection Trust
Medium
chalk, pen and ink on paper
Date
1503 AD - 1504 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions
29.3x41.3 cms
Image description

On this sheet Leonardo makes studies for two separate paintings. The larger sketch of a rearing horse, with indications of a rider reaching down is a study for Leonardo’s most ambitious painting, the Battle of Anghiari. This huge mural of men and horses in violent action, depicting a celebrated Florentine victory over Milan, was commissioned in 1503 by the Florentine government for the Great Council Chamber of the Palazzo della Signoria. It remained unfinished when Leonardo was called back to Milan in 1506, and was obliterated fifty years later. The smaller sketches are for a composition of Leda and the Swan. In classical mythology, Leda, queen of Sparta, was seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan and bore two eggs, from each of which hatched twins. Here Leonardo shows Leda kneeling, her children gathered around her, but with no indication of the swan. Melzi's number 26.

Photo credit
Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III, 2024 / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
16th century / art / horse / animal / couple / swan / bird / drawing / god / woman / ancient Greece / Antiquity / Jupiter / mythological figure / mythology / Da Vinci Leonardo (1452-1519) (work) / Italy / Europe / metamorphose / transformation / nudity / paganism / religion / sexuality / black and white / kneeling / mzdrawing / Leda / reading / mythology / female / early renaissance / sketches / kneeling / study / drawing / rider / studies / sketch / woman / prancing / drawings / equestrian / myth / horse / Renaissance / leda
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