
Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
A rocky outcrop c.1510-15
RCIN 912397

Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
912397R.jpg c.1510-15
A drawing of a thrown-up mass of stratified rocks slanting diagonally from right to left. Behind are vertical peaks, and in the foreground horizontal stratifications and a small waterfall. The sheet is Irregularly cut.
This drawing of rocks was probably a preparatory study for the background of Leonardo’s painting of the Madonna and Child with St Anne and a lamb now in the Louvre, Paris.