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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)

A tempest

c.1517-18

RCIN 912376

A drawing of a hurricane assailing a band of horsemen, with trees bent to the ground. In the upper part flood water full of wreckage, is touched by clouds and rain from a gigantic water spout. In the clouds are storm gods, and on the left child wind gods control the water spout. The lower left corner has been cut off.
  • stamp, ER VII, crowned, in oval: Lugt 901fragmentary


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