Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

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The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.

An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

In all muscular pain Tab. Lobak : why should Lobak work in neck sprain?.

Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].

Leonardo da Vinci : anatomist / Martin Clayton and Ron Philo.

Léonard de Vinci, dessins anatomiques (anatomie artistique, descriptive et fonctionnelle) / choix et présentation par Pierre Huard.

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man forms the backdrop to a list of dates for the 1996 'Medical journey' meetings about HIV and AIDS issues held at the Café PositHIV in Berlin by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph.

Galen, Vesalius, da Vinci - anatomists / William H. Washburn.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Barbara. Engraving by J. Steinmüller, 1827, after Leonardo da Vinci (?).

Head and shoulders of a man, seen from the left, showing the muscles of the neck, chest and shoulder. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.

Twenty-four grotesque heads. Process print after L. Da Vinci.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

The proportions of the human figure / by Joseph Bonomi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving after Leonardo da Vinci.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

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Léonard de Vinci, dessins anatomiques (anatomie artistique, descriptive et fonctionnelle) / choix et présentation par Pierre Huard.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

The proportions of the human figure / by Joseph Bonomi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving after Leonardo da Vinci.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.