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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study of a child with a cat (facsimile)

🖼 Study of a child with a cat (facsimile), c. 1478
Pen and ink on paper
206 × 143 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft charcoal captures a tender moment as a child cradles a struggling cat, their bodies forming interlocking curves across the page. Leonardo's anatomical precision reveals both figures' musculature and psychological tension, establishing his revolutionary approach to studying human and animal movement together.

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E. H. Gombrich
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