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LEONARDO da Vinci: Star of Bethlehem and other plants

🖼 Star of Bethlehem and other plants, 1505-07
Pen and ink over red chalk on paper
198 × 160 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Delicate botanical studies rendered in ink capture star-of-Bethlehem flowers and grasses with anatomical precision. Leonardo's systematic observation of plant structure reveals his dual passion for art and natural science, bridging Renaissance aesthetics with proto-scientific documentation.

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