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LEONARDO da Vinci: Birch copse

🖼 Birch copse, c. 1500
Red chalk on paper
193 × 153 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Dense woodland rendered in delicate pen strokes reveals interlocking birch trunks and layered foliage. Leonardo's botanical study exemplifies Renaissance observation, merging artistic precision with scientific inquiry into natural forms.

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