Studies for the Movements of Water

Studies for the Movements of Water, Male Nude Sheathing or Unsheathing a Sword, and Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View (recto); Study of Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (verso), 1506–8
Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Charcoal or soft black chalk; pen and dark brown ink, on off-white laid paper; 5 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (13.7 x 14 cm)
Purchase, Florence B. Selden Bequest and Rogers Fund, and Promised Gift of Leon D. and Debra R. Black, 2000 (2000.328a,b)