LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 - 1509)

The sketch was discovered in one of the Renaissance master's personal notebooks. In fact, Leonardo drew the sketch for his own research and did not even suspect that it would someday be admired. Nevertheless, today "Vitruvian Man" is one of the artist's most famous works, along with "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa".

Leonardo Da Vinci himself did not plan and publicize his art. He kept it in his diary for his own research. A true representative of the Renaissance, Leonardo was not only a painter, sculptor and writer, but also an inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician and an expert in anatomy. This ink drawing was the result of Leonardo's study of the theories on human proportions described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.

"Vitruvian Man" (1490).