Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing
LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
Horses, St George fighting the Dragon, and a lion
c.1517-18Black chalk, pen and ink, wash, on rough paper | 29.8 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912331
Studies of horses in motion; studies of St George and the Dragon; at top left is a cat stalking to the right with some notes above it.
Leonardo’s interest in the movements of animals seems to have prompted this sheet of sketches. The twisting forms of the horses are emphasised by the coiling dragon in the studies of St George; in the note above Leonardo commented that ‘the serpent-like movement is the principal action in animals'.
watermark: Orb with a cross on oatmeal paper, cf. 912329. Close to Briquet in range 2947-2962. None of this range sub alpine
