Leonardo da Vinci: A life in drawing
1 February-6 May 2019 at Museum & Art Gallery
A Touring Exhibition from The Royal Collection Trust The Royal Collection contains one of the world’s greatest collections of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. In spring 2019, a selection of these exquisite drawings travelled to Derby for a special exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance Master’s death. Never-before seen in the city, the works have been gathered together to reflect the full range of Leonardo’s interests, from painting, sculpture, architecture, and music, to anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany. As so much of his life’s work was unrealised or destroyed, it is only in these drawings, and a handful of related manuscripts, that Leonardo’s greatest achievements survive. This exhibition was part of a nationwide event, with simultaneous shows of Leonardo’s drawings at Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton and Sunderland, providing the widest-ever UK audience the opportunity to see the work of this extraordinary artist.
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