About this Book

Drawing was Leonardo da Vinci's primary artistic activity. He used drawing to think, to explore the world around him and to develop his other artistic projects. His drawings are among the most diverse and technically accomplished in the entire history of art, and the Royal Collection holds by far the most important selection of these. In 2019, to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death, a series of special exhibitions of his drawings will open simultaneously at 12 venues across the United Kingdom. This publication includes all 200 of the drawings shown across these venues and provides an authoritative account of Leonardo's works within the Royal Collection. Exhibition : simultaneously at Ulster Museum, Belfast ; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery ; National Museum Cardiff ; Derby Museum and Art Galler ; Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow ; Leeds Art Gallery ; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool ; Manchester Art Gallery ; Millennium Gallery, Sheffield ; Southampton City Art Gallery ; Sunderland Museums and Winter Gardens, UK (01.02.-06.05.2019) / The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, UK (24.05.-13.10.2019) / The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, UK (22.11.2019-15.02.2020).