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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: Notes and studies of lathes moved by a weight. Verso: A sheet of notes, diagrams of graded pipes, and calculations c.1508-10
Pen and ink | 21.4 x 15.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912667
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: Notes and studies of lathes moved by a weight. Verso: A sheet of notes, diagrams of graded pipes, and calculations c.1508-10
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Recto: a sheet of notes with a sketch of machinery with a weight, on the right; upside-down there is a faint sketch, in black chalk, of a face. Verso: a sheet of dense notes and to the right, diagrams, chief of which are two of graded pipes, and calculations.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, by 1630; Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
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Pen and ink
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21.4 x 15.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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