A Bear Walking

Leonardo da Vinci · Italian

Date: ca. 1482–85

Medium: silverpoint on light buff prepared paper

Dimensions: 4 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (10.3 x 13.3 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Themes: Bears

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Met highlight

Date range

1477 – 1487

Largest dimension

13.3 cm

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