The anatomy of the shoulder	The head of a youth in profile

Ten of the finest drawings by the Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci,
from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, will go on show at Lady Lever Art
Gallery, as part of the celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee of Her
Majesty The Queen.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Wirral, is the first venue for
the Royal Collection's touring exhibition, Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
from the Royal Collection: A Golden Jubilee Celebration, which will be shown
from 15 February to 21 April 2002. This is an exceptional opportunity for
people in the North West to see these masterpieces in one of the region's
finest art galleries. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is one of National Museums
& Galleries on Merseyside's three art galleries.
The Royal Collection holds the world's most important group of Leonardo
drawings, unrivalled in terms of its size and breadth of subject matter.
The ten drawings selected for the exhibition have been specially selected to
reflect all stages of Leonardo's career and the wide range of his interests,
such as architecture, engineering, anatomy, optics, geology and botany.
The exhibition includes dramatic studies of the sea-god Neptune, a
cataclysmic tempest overwhelming a landscape, and mortars bombarding a
fortress. There are delicate drawings of a beautiful youth in profile, the
drapery of a kneeling figure and a sprig of blackberry plant. The highly
finished map of southern Tuscany and the studies of a horse in three
positions, the anatomy of a shoulder and of the science of light and shadows
reveal other aspects of Leonardo's work.
Visits to the gallery and this special Leonardo drawings exhibition are free
for all visitors.
A fully illustrated catalogue by Martin Clayton, Assistant Curator of the
Print Room at Windsor Castle, will be published by the Royal Collection,
price £6.95 to coincide with the exhibition.
The exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery is sponsored by Unilever.

For further information about the Royal Collection, please contact Public
Relations and Marketing, the Royal Collection, telephone: 020 7839 1377,
e-mail: press@royalcollection.org.uk, website:
www.the-royal-collection.org.uk
Notes for Editors
1. The drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) have been in the Royal
Collection since before 1690 and were probably acquired during the reign of
Charles II (1660-85). Although the drawings can never be on permanent
display, because of the potential for damage from exposure to light, they
are regularly lent to exhibitions in the UK and around the world and are
shown in changing displays of treasures from the Royal Library at Windsor
Castle.
2. The Royal Collection is held in trust by The Queen as Sovereign for
her successors and for the Nation, and is administered by the Royal
Collection Trust, a registered charity.
3. Following the showing at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, the exhibition
will tour to:
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (27 April - 7 July)
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield (13 July - 21 September)
Ulster Museum, Belfast (27 September - 8 December 2002)

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Information desk 0151 478 4136
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