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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. This small drawing shows a woman, the Madonna, holding the infant Jesus. He is holding a cat in his arms. Mary's head is tilted to rest against the head of her child.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"5.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
(b. 1452; d. 1519)
SKETCH FOR THE 'MADONNA DEL GATTO'
Collection of Arthur Hungerford Pollen, Esq. From the Count Moriz von Fries Collection. Pen and wash. 8.4 x 7.1 cm. (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.).
This study bearing on the 'Madonne del Gatto' is more Leonardesque in workmanship and invention than the two already described. All traces of the Verrocchio atelier have vanished; in some respects it is even more mature than the Louvre design for the Adoration of the Magi. The girlish head, the bosom still placed high, would help, however, to class this drawing not later than the early 'eighties'. It may show the final pose chosen for the Madonna del Gatto; it may also be a somewhat later improvisation on the same theme which we shall find taken up again, later still, in the Louvre sketch for the cartoon of the Virgin and St. Anne, where the cat is replaced by a lamb.
C. R."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, Sketch for the 'Madonna del Gatto' (LC 1131/5). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.105369 | Go to resource |
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