
The exhibition
12 of Leonardo’s sculptural drawings are presented at the home of sculpture at Leeds Art Gallery. Although none of Leonardo’s sculptures themselves survive, the drawings on display provide an unparalleled insight into his investigations and thinking as an artist, and his reach across parallel areas such as anatomy as well as proposed sculptures and his design for the monumental Sforza monument.
Also on display will be a collection of works by Glen Onwin, who makes sculpture from the very stuff of landscape. Onwin questions and transforms substance and space with a set of co-ordinates that includes scientific investigation and painting, much like Leonardo da Vinci.
The drawings from the Royal Collection
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
A horse's left foreleg, with measurements
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
The bust of a child in profile
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: Designs for a fortress-type palazzo, and for a figure of Neptune. Verso: Notes on Cyprus and the legend of the Sirens
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: Studies for casting apparatus, and miscellaneous notes. Verso: Further casting studies, and lines of poetry
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
The bust of a man in profile
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Studies for an equestrian monument
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Sketches for the Trivulzio monument
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: A design for an equestrian monument. Verso: Studies of flowing water, a cross-bow, geometry, etc.
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: Horses and soldiers, mechanics, and the Angel of the Annunciation. Verso: Prancing horses, and the head of Nero
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Recto: The bones and muscles of the leg. Verso: The muscles of the shoulder, arm and neck
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
The aortic valve
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)