Abdomen and left leg of a nude man

Creator:

Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Published/Created:

ca. 1506-1510

Physical Description:

25.2 x 19.8 cm

Date Depicted:

2011
1500 AD - 1699 AD

Materials:

red chalk on orange-red preparation

Notes:

Inscribed by the artist, writing right to left: ‘vedi i ibo p[er] natale (?)/ che ne grassi resta ca/vato dove a magri e / di rilievo’ (‘…/ the fat is in the hollows, the lean in the relief’?)

Topics:

Drawing -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Renaissance

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

4159-074

Genre:

drawings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Creator:

Chapman, Hugo
Faietti, Marzia

Source Title:

Fra Angelico to Leonardo : Italian Renaissance drawings

Source Created:

Burlington, VT
Lund Humphries
2010

Call Number:

NC255 .C44 2010 (LC)

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

London, England: British Museum

OID:

10103558

PID:

digcoll:1845095