Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci
Date: 1491
Size: 21 x 15 cm
Museum: Royal Collection (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Drawing
This is a study for the angel’s drapery in the second version of the Virgin of the Rocks (now in the National Gallery, London). Leonardo probably arranged cloth soaked in dilute plaster over a small model, which when dry could be studied at leisure. The pale blue ground of the paper gives a mid-tone, allowing Leonardo to explore a wide range of tones using both black ink and white lead paint, applied with a brush. Melzi
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