Sixth Knot

c. 1490/1500

after Leonardo da Vinci

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [the 5 parts of the knot are cut out from a single sheet and trimmed to the image]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image overall approx: 24.77 × 24.45 cm (9 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.57.a-e

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.95, no. 24

Associated Artworks

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Sixth Knot [lower right corner]

Italian 15th Century

1490

Sixth Knot [upper left corner]

Italian 15th Century

1490

Sixth Knot [lower left corner]

Italian 15th Century

1490

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.116.

Wikidata ID

Q65506974

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