Study for the Virgin's Right Arm
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c.1507–1510 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Study for the Virgin's Right Arm is a drawing by the Florentine painter Leonardo da Vinci that is kept at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. It is drawn in charcoal or black stone, grey chalk, ink, and white gouache highlights on red-tinted paper.
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Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
Year | c. 1507–1510 |
Medium | Red and black chalk, grey wash, white gouache highlights, pen and brown ink, on orange-red prepared paper. |
Dimensions | 8.6 cm × 17.0 cm (3.4 in × 6.7 in) |
Location | Windsor Castle, Windsor (United Kingdom) |
Accession | INV 912532 |
Probably created between 1507 and 1510, the drawing is a preparatory study for the draped arm of the Virgin Mary in the painting The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne in the Musée du Louvre. It belongs to a series of studies, most of which date from the beginning of the painting's creation in 1502–1503, each dedicated to one of its details.
The motif represents the artist's virtuosity, the result of years of technical research into materials and scientific research into light and shade, so that it appears both as a substantial improvement on the original motif and as evidence of the evolution of the painter's technical skills since his beginnings.