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A Dozen New Stamps Celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings
The head of Leda (c.1505–08), on view at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
The innovative yet timeless drawings of Leonardo da Vinci will soon be arriving in mailboxes around the U.K., thanks for a special stamp release marking the quincentennial anniversary of the Italian artist’s death. In tandem with the special stamp edition, twelve cultural institutions throughout the United Kingdom will be showcasing a total of 144 of da Vinci’s works in the dispersed show Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing. The exhibitions opened at the beginning of February and are on view through May 6, 2019 in Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, and other U.K. cities. Stamp sets are available from Royal Mail. (via artnet)
The skull sectioned (1489), on view at Ulster Museum, Belfast
A star-of-Bethlehem and other plants (c.1506–12), on view at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Studies of cats (c.1517–18) on view at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
The skeleton (c.1510–11) on view at Cymru/National Museum Wales, Cardiff
The fall of light on a face (c.1488), on view at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The head of St. Philip (c.1495) on view at Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
The skeleton (c.1510–11) on view at Cymru/National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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