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Our
restorations and interpretive paintings are available for purchase by
calling (919) 401-2586.
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Price (Unmounted)
Price (Mounted)
Framed
Call for estimates on framing. See frame examples here.
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Limited editions of
50. Signed by artist. Giclee produced with archival inks on 250
lb watercolor paper.
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Watercolor
Interpretation of Leonardo's
Neptune and the Sea Horses
(ca 1503) Charcoal or soft black
chalk (9 5/16 x 15 5/16 in)
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Leonardo’s
larger scale presentation drawing for Antonio Segni, a Boticelli
patron, does not survive, but was said by Vasari (1550) to be
“executed
with such draftsmanship and diligence that it seemed absolutely
alive.” This small-scale drawing is all that remains.
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Along
with his Leda and the Swan, Neptune is Leonardo’s most grand
recreation
of the classical imagery (Virgil’s Aneid; Ovid’s
Metamorphosis).
He scribbled, “put forth all your strength …and give full
rein to all
your river steeds.” Possibly the model was derived from a
Medici
Greek or Roman vase, which Leonardo appraised for Isabella de Este.
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Leonardo’s
Neptune inspired the younger Raphael, who adopted many of the
Master’s
poses and techniques. Leonardo wrote above this Neptune
preliminary drawing to the left, “bring down the horses.”
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“…One
becomes aware of the subtler forces of nature, and the modes of their
action, all that is magnetic in it, all those finer conditions where in
material things rise to the subtlety of operation which constitutes
them spiritual….”
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