Leonardo da Vinci: from the sketch to the internal geometry of the Burlington House Cartoon

The British Museum holds a folio containing, in sketch form, a preparatory drawing for the cartoon of Saint Anne of Burlington House. Despite the similarities, the differences between the two compositions show how Leonardo was able to endow an internal geometry, the sketch transferred to a cartoon, and thus achieve the Cartoon of Burlington House.

Le British Museum possède un folio contenant sous forme d’esquisse, un dessin préparatoire pour le carton de la Sainte Anne de Burlington House. Malgré les ressemblances, les différences entre les deux compositions montrent comment Léonard a su doter d’une géométrie interne, l’esquisse transférée sur un carton, et réaliser ainsi le Carton de Burlington House.

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