Share the Perspective of Genius: Leonardo's Study for the Adoration of the Magi
In 1481 the monks of San Donato a Scopeto near Florence commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to paint an altar-piece celebrating the Adoration of the Magi. In one of the preparatory drawings, Leonardo drew with meticulous accuracy a refined perspective grid in order to place the architectural structures, the human figures, and the animals in a realistically proportioned way.This precious study, kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is shown for the first time ever in the United States on Finmeccanica's initiative and because of the collaboration between the Uffizi Gallery and the Library of Congress.
This exhibition is on display at the Library of Congress from December 7-8, 2006
Caption:
Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1481. Study for the Adoration of the Magi. Pen, watercolored-brown ink and white lead with metal point traces on light brown paper. 162 x 290mm. Florence, Prints and Drawings Department at the Uffizi, inv. 436E