Provenance. Title: A Bear Walking. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise) Date: ca. 1482–85. Medium: silverpoint on light buff prepared paper. Dimensions: 4 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (10.3 x 13.3 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Accession Number: 1975.1.369.
This is the romantic story of Leonardo’s unfulfilled passion, the resurrection of the idea by Charles C. Dent, and the gift of The Horse to the people of Italy. During the 17 years that followed the Duke of Sforza’s 1482 commission of the largest equine statue ever conceived, Leonardo da Vinci also worked on one of his masterpiece paintings
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Nov 2, 2017 · Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi is one of the greatest and most unexpected artistic rediscoveries of the 21st century. Its illustrious 500-year history, and the story of its re-emergence, restoration and authentication, is as fascinating as any of the bestselling thrillers about Leonardo’s life and times. Storylines; Classics; Video; 3 Feb 1, 2019 · OTHER VENUES. Daily (Friday, 1 Feb 2019 - Monday, 6 May 2019) 144 of Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest drawings in the Royal Collection are displayed in 12 simultaneous exhibitions across the UK to mark the 500th anniversary of his death. Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing features 12 drawings at each venue, all selected to reflect the full .