Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)
Leonardo da Vinci · 1480–85
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The artwork is titled "Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)" by Leonardo da Vinci, dated 1480–85. The recto features silverpoint, partly reworked with pen and dark brown ink on pink prepared paper, with lines ruled with metalpoint. The verso contains slight doodles in pen and brown ink. It measures 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (19.3 x 16.2 cm) and is classified as Drawings.
The piece was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art through the Rogers Fund in 1917 and is held in the Department of Drawings and Prints. Information regarding the artwork's culture is not provided in the catalogue record.
The catalogue record does not include details on the artwork's provenance, exhibition history, or specific literature beyond its acquisition by the museum.
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