Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the most diversely talented individuals who ever lived and yet we have scant physical evidence of his genius. He created some of the greatest paintings of the Renaissance – but fewer than 20 survive with many, like The Last Supper or Salvator Mundi, so heavily restored that the hand of the master is scarcely visible. No sculptural or architectural project was ever completed and the many treatises he planned, including those on art and anatomy, remained unfinished.

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That we are aware at all of Da Vinci’s astonishing versatility is thanks to his drawings. The delicately nuanced works in chalk, ink and colour wash, frequently accompanied by notes, reveal the full range of his interests including painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany.