LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
A tempest
c.1517-18RCIN 912376
A drawing of a hurricane assailing a band of horsemen, with trees bent to the ground. In the upper part flood water full of wreckage, is touched by clouds and rain from a gigantic water spout. In the clouds are storm gods, and on the left child wind gods control the water spout. The lower left corner has been cut off.
stamp, ER VII, crowned, in oval: Lugt 901fragmentary