Da Vinci's Perfect Press: The title is that of a fantasy fiction story about Leonardo Da Vinci make sketches for a printing press, and how the sketches were stolen. It's a fictional account as to why it appears he never displayed an interest in printing despite it was a flourishing trade in his time.
Mini etching press profile superimposed over Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, aka squaring the circle.
Da Vinci's Perfect Press

The title is that of a fantasy fiction story about Leonardo Da Vinci make sketches for a printing press, and how the sketches were stolen. It's a fictional account as to why it appears he never displayed an interest in printing despite it was a flourishing trade in his time. Mini etching press profile superimposed over Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, aka squaring the circle.

Name/Title

Da Vinci's Perfect Press

Description

Silverpoint on gesso'd hardboard and paper.

Artwork Details

Medium

Metal point

Subject

Fictional sketch for an etching press

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

DSCN

Other Number

2047

Number Type

Folio Number

Other Number

2230

Color

beige, Gray, Black

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Condo

Date

January 23, 2023

Notes

Condo Box 1, Images 2218-2233

Created By

nelsund3@hotmail.com

Create Date

September 28, 2021

Updated By

nelsund3@hotmail.com

Update Date

January 23, 2023