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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study for the Burlington House Cartoon

🖼 Study for the Burlington House Cartoon, 1503-10
Charcoal, pen and watercolour on paper
260 × 197 cm
London, United Kingdom

Charcoal and chalk render delicate human figures in tender embrace, their forms interlocking with anatomical precision. Leonardo's preparatory cartoon reveals his revolutionary study of motion and emotion, foundational to Renaissance figure composition and artistic practice.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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