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Landscape of the Arno Valley 5 August 1473

Pen and brown ink, 19 × 28.5 cm

Uffizi Galleries, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci

The Baptism of Christ c. 1468-1478

Distemper and oil on poplar panel, 180 × 152 cm

Uffizi Galleries, Florence

The Annunciation c. 1470-1474

Oil on poplar panel, 100 × 221.5 cm

Uffizi Galleries, Florence

The Last Supper c. 1492-1499

Distemper on plaster with oil glazing, 460 × 880 cm

Refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

The Last Supper c. 1492-1499

Study for The Last Supper. Head of James the Greater c. 1494-1496

Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 25.2 × 17.2 cm

The Royal Collection, Royal Library, Windsor

Mortars firing explosive projectiles c. 1485-1490

Pen and brown ink, 21.9 × 41 cm

Codex Atlanticus, Folio 33, recto

Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

29-30

Cranium and skull studies 1489

Black chalk, pen and brown ink with wash, 19 × 13.7 cm

The Royal Collection, Royal Library, Windsor 31

The Vitruvian Man c. 1489-1490

Metalpoint, pen and ink with wash, 34.5 × 24.6 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

A map of southern Tuscany c. 1503-1504

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash and blue bodycolour, 33.8 × 48.8 cm

The Royal Collection, Royal Library, Windsor

51 Leonardo da Vinci and Workshop

Madonna of the yarnwinder or Madonna of the spindles, known as the Lansdowne Madonna c. 1501-1510

Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 50.2 × 36.4 cm

Private collection

52 Head of a woman, known as La Scapigliata c. 1500-1510 Oil, umber and lead white on panel, 24.7 × 21 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma

Perspectival study for the Adoration of the Magi 1480-1481

Stylus, metalpoint, pen and brown ink with brown wash and white highlighting on cream prepared paper, 16.3 × 28.9 cm

Uffizi Galleries, Florence

Photographic credits

akg-images / Heritage Images / Fine Art Images 44

Bridgeman Images 06, 12-14, 25, 31, 40, 45, 50

Bridgeman Images / Erich Lessing 02, 18, 47

Bridgeman Images / Fine Art Images 43, 58

Bridgeman Images / From the British Library archive 32

Bridgeman Images / Luisa Ricciarini 01, 54

Bridgeman Images / Mondadori Portfolio / Electa / Marco Ravenna 52

Bridgeman Images / Musei Reali di Torino / With permission of the Italian Ministry of Culture 42

Bridgeman Images / Nicolò Orsi Battaglini 05

Bridgeman Images / NPL - DeA Picture Library 49

Bridgeman Images / NPL - DeA Picture Library / G. Cigolini p. 94

Bridgeman Images / Novapix p. 95

Bridgeman Images / Photo Josse 17, 22, 41, 65, 68, cover

Bridgeman Images / Raffaello Bencini 07

Bridgeman Images / Stefano Baldini 55-56

Bridgeman Images / Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana / Metis e Mida Informatica / Mondadori Portfolio 23

Bridgeman Images / Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana / Mondadori Portfolio 57

GrandPalaisRmn / Agence Bulloz 24, 26, 33

GrandPalaisRmn / image BStGS / BPK, Berlin 08-09

GrandPalaisRmn / image SCALA, Florence 03-04

GrandPalaisRmn / image SCALA, Florence / Courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali e del Turismo 15

GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado 19-21, 59-60, 66-67

GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / René-Gabriel Ojeda 61-62, 64

GrandPalaisRmn /The Trustees of the British Museum, London 10, 46

Direction

Thomas Vivien

Editorial Coordination

Sylvie Poignet

Graphic Design

Camille Delahousse

Layout, Computer Graphics

François Meunier

Production

Axelle Hautbout

Photo-engraving Point 11, Paris

Papers

G-print, 150 g/m2 (interior)

Wibalin Buckram, 135 g/m2 (cover)

This work is printed on paper made of natural fibres from sustainably managed forests.

Printed and bound in January 2026 on the presses of Pollina in France.