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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: Diagram of the spine, nerves, vessels, etc., and notes on the intercostal muscles. Verso: The main blood vessels of the thorax and superficial veins of arm, etc. c. 1508-10
Pen and ink over black chalk | 28.2 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 919114
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: Diagram of the spine, nerves, vessels, etc. , and notes on the intercostal muscles. Verso: The main blood vessels of the thorax and superficial veins of arm, etc c. 1508-10
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Leonardo’s most brilliant and sustained scientific pursuit was his study of human anatomy. He made hundreds of drawings from corpses that he had dissected in monastery hospitals, recording many anatomical structures for the first time in medical history. The notes on this sheet are in Leonardo’s characteristic ‘mirror-writing’, left-handed and moving from right to left.
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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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink over black chalk
Measurements
28.2 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper)
