1480 (?): Leonardo da Vinci 1

Source:

Title: ‘Codex Atlanticus 0995-r.’
Author: -
Publisher: -
Printer: -
Illustrator: Leonardo da Vinci
Engraver: -
Location: -
Year: Undated: 1480 is approximate date.
Links: [Scan 1].

Comments:

Old foliation number: Cod. Atl. 358 recto b.

Ladislao Reti (1971, p 190) states: ‘... However, Leonardo’s interest in printing antedates 1495 by many years. One sketch, (358 recto b of Cod. Atl.) datable around 1480, which thus pertains to the first Florentine period of the master shows a number of ingenious improvements (Figs. 23, 24).’

Technique:

Sketch/illustration.

Publications

Ladislao Reti (1971). ‘Leonardo da Vinci and the Graphic Arts: The Early Invention of Relief-Etching.’ The Burlington Magazine. 113, no 817 (April 1971), pp 188-195. (Figure 24)