Leonardo da Vinci, 'The Burlington House Cartoon', about 1506-8

Provenance

Additional information

Exhibition history

• 2011
  Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan

  The National Gallery (London)

  9 November 2011 - 5 February 2012
• 2012
  La Sainte Anne de Léonard, Napoléon

  Musée du Louvre

  29 March 2012 - 25 June 2012
• 2019
  Léonard de Vinci

  Musée du Louvre

  24 October 2019 - 24 February 2020
• 2024
  Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, circa 1504

  Royal Academy of Arts

  9 November 2024 - 16 February 2025

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