Paintings

Paintings

A gallery of 22 paintings that are attributed to or directly associated with Leonardo. Despite his enormous fame and influence as a painter, some of the artist’s works remain unfinished, while only half are generally agreed to be entirely the work of the master himself. see all >

Manuscripts

Manuscripts

A comprehensive listing of Leonardo’s surviving manuscripts, some of which are illustrated here with sample pages. This important legacy is a testament to the astonishing range of Leonardo’s interests, including science, technology, anatomy, physics, aerodynamics, geology and art. see all >

Inventions

Inventions

Ten models of some of Leonardo’s most ingenious inventions, which are documented in the artist’s surviving manuscripts. Leonardo’s inventions include a wide range of applications such as water machines, flying machines, war machines and many more. see all >

Drawings

Drawings

A selection of Leonardo’s drawings, which illustrate the range of his interests and the innovative nature of his drawing practices. Drawing was of fundamental importance to the artist, both as a means of investigating and understanding the forms of nature and as an essential part of the preparatory process for paintings. see all >