List of Works By Leonardo Da Vinci - Lost Works

Lost Works

Details Notes Image
Dragon shield
A juvenile work described by Giorgio Vasari, who said it was sold by Ser Piero da Vinci to merchants, who then sold it on to the Duke of Milan.
Adam and Eve
Watercolour cartoon for a tapestry
Described in great detail by Vasari and the "Anonimo Gaddiano". Painted for the King of Portugal, it was in the collection of Ottaviano de' Medici in Vasari's lifetime. The composition might have inspired a drawing by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford.
Medusa
Oil on panel
A juvenile work described by Vasari.
San Bernardo Altarpiece
Oil on panel
Commissioned 10 January 1478 for the chapel in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, but never completed. The design may be reflected in a panel by Filippino Lippi in the Uffizi.
The Battle of Anghiari
Commissioned 4 May 1504
  • Peter Paul Rubens, copy of Leonardo's The Battle of Anghiari (pictured). Black chalk, pen and ink heightened with lead white, over-painted with watercolour, 54.2 x 63.7 cm. Musée du Louvre
The remains of Leonardo's fresco may have been discovered in the Hall of the Five Hundred (Salone dei Cinquecento) in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.
Leda and the Swan
c. 1504–8
Recorded by Cassiano dal Pozzo as being at Château de Fontainebleau in 1625
There are nine known copies of the painting, including:
  • Cesare da Sesto, Leda and the Swan (pictured). Oil on wood, 69.5 x 73.7 cm. Wilton House, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
  • Anonymous, possibly Il Sodoma, Leda and the Swan. Tempera on wood, 115 x 86 cm. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
  • Francesco Melzi, Leda and the Swan. Uffizi, Florence, Italy
  • Anonymous, possibly Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, Leda and the Swan. Oil on panel, 51 5/8 x 30 inches (131.1 x 76.2 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA (previously at John G. Johnson Collection, 1917)
  • Giampietrino, Leda and the Swan, from the collection of the Marquis of Hastings
  • Giampietrino, Venus and Cupid, private collection, Milan
  • Venus and Cupid, 16th century, Oil on panel, New Orleans Museum of Art, USA
Angel of the Annunciation
c. 1510–3
The painting is described by Vasari. A drawing survives among studies for the Battle of Anghiari (see below). The drawing at left, known as The Incarnate Angel is a satirical copy, perhaps by Salaì, in the Kunstmuseum Basel. There are some extant copies of the subject by Leonardeschi, including:
  • Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci. Angel. Oil on canvas, 66 x 47,3 cm, Italy, 16th century. Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Bernardino Luini. St John the Baptist. Sarasin collection, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Studio of Leonardo da Vinci. St John the Baptist. Oil on panel, 75 x 53,4 cm. Ashmolean Museum, Great Britain.
  • Baccio Bandinelli. Annunciate Angel. Sketch after Leonardo da Vinci.

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