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
Date 1480–85 Artist's movement Renaissance , High Renaissance Country Italy Medium Silverpoint, partly reworked by the artist with pen and dark brown ink on pink prepared paper; lines ruled with metalpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso) Terms silverpoint 300404634 pen 300022452 metalpoint 300404633 recto 300078817 verso 300010292 Dimensions 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (19.3 x 16.2 cm) Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 17.142.1 Classifications read from Wikidata, 2026-08-28
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Holder's headings Christ , Saint John the Baptist , Virgin Mary Wikidata depicts Jesus Christ , Mary , woman , infant , John the Baptist , drawing , perspective , Christ Close 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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