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LEONARDO da Vinci: Drapery for a seated figure

🖼 Drapery for a seated figure, -
Brush and grey distemper on primed grey linen canvas
181 × 234 cm
Paris, France

Soft folds cascade across fabric, rendered in delicate charcoal with precise anatomical understanding beneath. Leonardo's study captures drapery's weight and movement, revealing his obsessive preparation for figure composition and mastery of light on cloth.

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