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Feb 29
Star of Bethlehem, wood anemone, and sun spurge
c.1505-10
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Pen and ink and red chalk, 19.8 x 16.0 cm 
Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
The Royal Collection © 2012,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 

Star of Bethlehem, wood anemone, and sun spurge

c.1505-10

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Pen and ink and red chalk, 19.8 x 16.0 cm 

Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690

The Royal Collection © 2012,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 


Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
A lily
 
c.1475, Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
Pen and ink and ochre wash with white heightening over black chalk, the outlines pricked, 31.4 x 17.7 cm 
Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
The Royal Collection © 2012,Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
About Leonardo’s lily: Celia Fisher, Flowers of the Renaissance, published by Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2011

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

A lily

c.1475, Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci

Pen and ink and ochre wash with white heightening over black chalk, the outlines pricked, 31.4 x 17.7 cm

Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690

The Royal Collection © 2012,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

About Leonardo’s lily: Celia Fisher, Flowers of the Renaissance, published by Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2011