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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study sheet with cats, dragon and other animals

🖼 Study sheet with cats, dragon and other animals, 1513-15
Pen, ink, black chalk on paper
271 × 204 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Fluid ink lines capture cats stretching, a coiled dragon, and fantastical creatures in dynamic poses across the sheet. Leonardo's anatomical obsession reveals itself through precise gesture studies—observations that informed both his art and scientific understanding of animal movement.

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