Divine Proportion
Gift of Mr. F.A. Wells
Catalogue
- Year
- 1509
- Dimensions
- 29.7 × 20.4 × 3.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
Artist
Painting
L eonardo da Vinci, one of history’s greatest painters and a quintessential Renaissance polymath, revolutionized Western art with masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, alongside groundbreaking achievements in anatomy, engineering, and scientific observation. Although only 17 paintings are definitively attributed to him, Leonardo’s unparalleled influence endures globally, with his works anchoring major museums and inspiring generations of artists.
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The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right
1510 · Black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with some traces of white chalk (?); some remains of framing lines in pen and brown ink at upper right (not by Leonardo)
Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)
1496 · Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left
1490 · Pen and brown ink, over soft black chalk
Grotesque Head of an Old Woman
1489 · pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down
Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)
1480 · Silverpoint, partly reworked by the artist with pen and dark brown ink on pink prepared paper; lines ruled with metalpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
A Bear Walking
1477 · silverpoint on light buff prepared paper
Record
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- Leonardo da Vinci
- Year
- 1509
- Dimensions
- 29.7 × 20.4 × 3.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1509-004392
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified