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Vitruvian Man

Also Known As L'Uomo Vitruviano (Italian title)
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Vitruvian Man

Vitruvian Man is a pen, brown ink and wash over metalpoint drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, dated to around 1490, depicting a nude male figure in two superimposed positions, arms and legs apart, inscribed within a circle and a square. It illustrates the proportional theory of the Roman architect Vitruvius, recorded in Leonardo's own accompanying notes as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio, The Proportions of the Human Figure after Vitruvius. Together with the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, it is one of the most reproduced images in the history of Western art, and because of its fragility on paper it is displayed only rarely.

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Year Created
1490 1
Conventionally dated circa 1490; Leonardo did not date the sheet himself.
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with traces of brown wash, over metalpoint, on paper 1
Location
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy 1
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Genre
Drawing 1
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  • Vitruvian Man, lead section
    a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490
  • Vitruvian Man, Description/Composition section
    The drawing was executed primarily with pen and light-brown ink, while there are traces of brown wash (watercolor).
  • Vitruvian Man, infobox
    Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
  • Genre reference
    Vitruvian Man is a pen, brown ink and wash over metalpoint drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, dated to around 1490, depicting a nude male figure in two superimposed positions, arms and legs apart, inscribed within a circle and a square.
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