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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
A sketch of a horse and rider between the shafts of a gun-carriage c.1493
Pen and ink over red chalk | 2.8 x 4.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912713
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A study of a horse and rider trotting in profile to the left between the shafts of a gun-carriage. The contraption is equipped with two cannons of light calibre which are joined at the back by an ammunition box. This is a fragment from the Codex Atlanticus, folio 382 recto-b. RL 12451 was also cut from this sheet.
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 over red chalk
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2.8 x 4.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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