The Morgan Library and Museum is proud to present The genius of Leonardo da Vinci draftsman, painter, scientist, inventor—continues to captivate us almost five hundred years after his death. October 25-Feb 2, 2014. Leonardo da Vinci: Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin at 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 Head of a Young Woman, which served as the model for the angel in Leonardo’s famous Virgin of the Rocks, 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

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