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Plan of Imola
Leonardo da Vinci1502
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A drawing of a plan of Imola, showing it enclosed by a ring. Four lines cross the plan, forming on the circle eight points of the compass, at which the names of the winds are written in Leonardo's hand, clockwise from one o'clock.
Details
- Title: Plan of Imola
- Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
- Creator Lifespan: 1452 - 1519
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Death Place: Amboise
- Creator Birth Place: Vinci
- Date Created: 1502
- Physical Dimensions: w602 x h440 mm
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Supplied by Royal Collection Trust / (c) HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012
- External Link: http://www.rct.uk/collection/912284
- Medium: Pen and ink, with coloured washes, and stylus lines, over black chalk
- Support: paper
- Provenance: Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, by 1630; Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
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