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Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the We studied Leonardo in my life study, for
Baptist,sometimes called The Burlington life drawings – we had to study the limbs
House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo of the body to learn how to do three
da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and dimensional drawing. Obviously, he was
black and white chalk, on eight sheets of the master of drawing detail and the human
paper glued together. It is now back in Italy. body.
I particularly liked his drawings in the red
As it was just acquired in London it was pencil. As there is such an enigma behind
important for our Art School to take this The Lost Painting, The Battle of Anghiari
special field trip to view the original – The it was more intriguing to paint it–it arouses
Leonardo Cartoon. one’s curiosity, as in the Mona Lisa, always
captivating, with an air of mystery.”
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