Postcard da Vinci - Portrait of John the Baptist

IC610655
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
St. John Baptist, ca. 1508-1519
Oil on wood (walnut tree). H. 73 ; L. 57 cm
Paris, musée du Louvre, département des Peintures
© Photo Rmn-GP (musée du Louvre) / T. Querrec
© Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2019

Exhibition Leonardo da Vinci
Musée du Louvre, Paris
from 24 Oct...
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Characteristics

Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Themes
Religions, Portrait
Artist
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Art movement
Renaissance
Reference
IC610655
EAN
3336729128259
Matière de l'article
Paper
Model dimensions
14cm x 20cm
Package Dimensions
1.4cm x 2cm
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician and humanist of his time (XV-XVI centuries), initiator of the second Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is the very figure of the universal genius. After the completion of The Virgin with the Rocks, for the chapel San Francesco Grande, and that of the Equestrian Statue of Francesco Sforza, he found glory throughout Italy. The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sforza Palace, the Mona Lisa and the Battle of Anghiari are a few of his great artworks. Leonardo also carried out a large amount of studies on zoology, botany, anatomy, geology. In 1516, he joined the court of Francis I, where he participated in urban planning projects. He is taken by an illness on May 2, 1519.