Drawing of da Vinci to go on rare public show
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A DRAWING owned by the British queen of a bearded, pensive-looking man is a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, a royal art adviser said yesterday on the 500th anniversary of the artist, scientist and scholar鈥檚 death.
Martin Clayton, head of prints at the Royal Collection, said the sketch was made by one of his assistants shortly before da Vinci鈥檚 death on May 2, 1519.
Clayton said 鈥渢he elegant straight nose, the line of the beard rising diagonally up the cheek to the ear鈥 and other details strongly resemble the only other known portrait of da Vinci by Francesco Melzi.
鈥淭here are strong indications that this, too, is a depiction of the artist,鈥 Clayton said.
The portrait will go on display alongside about 200 drawings from the monarch鈥檚 huge collection of da Vinci鈥檚 works at the Queen鈥檚 Gallery in Buckingham Palace from May 24 to October 13.
Da Vinci is considered by many the ultimate Renaissance genius, combining the roles of artist, scientist and inventor.
鈥淭here really hasn鈥檛 been anybody then or since who has combined this extraordinary genius for these totally different areas of achievement,鈥 said Gregory Rubinstein, worldwide head of Old Master drawings at Sotheby鈥檚. 鈥淚 think that鈥檚 what鈥檚 at the heart of our fascination.鈥
Sotheby鈥檚 said a major, rarely seen da Vinci drawing is going on display next month. The auction house is hanging 鈥淟eda and the Swan,鈥 last displayed publicly in 2003, in its Manhattan galleries as part of an exhibition of treasures from Chatsworth, one of Britain鈥檚 grandest country houses.
Da Vinci created the pen-and-ink drawing in 1506, at the same time he was working on the 鈥淢ona Lisa.鈥 It depicts Leda, wife of the king of Sparta, with the god Jupiter, disguised as a swan to seduce her.
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