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LEONARDO da Vinci: Map of Tuscany and the Chiana Valley

🖼 Map of Tuscany and the Chiana Valley, c.1502
Black chalk, pen, ink and colour on paper
338 × 488 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Topographical lines and watercolor washes map Tuscany's terrain with scientific precision, revealing Leonardo's dual mastery of art and engineering. This 1502 survey served practical military purposes while demonstrating Renaissance cartography's revolutionary accuracy and the artist's obsessive study of nature's structures.

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E. H. Gombrich
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