EXHIBITION INCLUDES LEONARDO’S CODEX ON THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS AND THE HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN—NEVER SEEN IN NEW YORK
Leonardo da Vinci:
Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin
October 25, 2013–February 2, 2014
The genius of Leonardo da Vinci—draftsman, painter, scientist, inventor—continues to captivate us almost five hundred years after his death. This fall, the Morgan Library & Museum will present a unique opportunity to encounter this great Renaissance master.
The exhibition will feature a spectacular group of works by Leonardo from the Biblitoeca Reale, Turin, including one of his most famous manuscripts, the Codex on the Flight of Birds, and his wonderful Head of a Young Woman, both on view in New York for the first time. They will be presented together with a selection of other drawings by Leonardo, featuring the scientist as well as the artist. The exhibition will also include works by Leonardo’s followers and the Morgan’s Codex Huygens, a Renaissance manuscript recording lost notes by Leonardo.
Leonardo da Vinci: Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin will be on view October 25, 2013–February 2, 2014.