Finding aid for the Elmer Belt Collection of Vinciana Graphic Arts LSC.2366
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 18.
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Title: Elmer Belt collection of Vinciana graphic arts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2366
Physical Description:
14 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1510-19th century
Abstract: The Elmer Belt collection of Vinciana graphic arts is a special collection of original artwork, original printed lithographs,
and materials concerning Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance. It was donated to UCLA in 1961 by Dr. Elmer Belt,
Professor Emeritus in the UCLA School of Medicine and a collector of Vinciana for more than sixty years.
Physical Location: Held at UCLA Library Special Collections. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian.
Conditions Governing Access
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on this page.
Conditions Governing Use
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elmer Belt collection of Vinciana graphic arts (Collection 2366). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Elmer Belt, 1961.
Processing Information
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interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
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processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by UCLA Library Preservation and Conservation Department, 2020. Additional description by Kelly Besser and Tess
Livesley-O'Neill in 2020.
Biographical / Historical
Elmer Belt, M.D. (1893-1980), was a Los Angeles area urologist, bibliophile, and humanist who was instrumental in the founding
of the School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). An avid book collector, Dr. Belt became an expert
on Leonardo da Vinci and his time, amassing a large and important collection of books and other material related to da Vinci's
life and work. He donated this collection to UCLA in 1961. Born Arthur Elmer Belt in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1893,
his family moved to Los Angeles when he was nine and then to a small ranch in Orange County near Anaheim. Elmer Belt (the
form of name he preferred) entered Los Angeles High School in 1907 and enrolled in Latin, a medical school prerequisite. There
he met Ruth Smart whom, he said, he "never subsequently permitted out of my sight." The two were married in 1918. Dr. Belt
began collecting books as a student in 1909 with works by Upton Sinclair; in 1934 he became involved with Sinclair's campaign
for governor of California. The Upton Sinclair collection was eventually donated to Occidental College. Dr. Belt attended
the University of California at Berkeley, obtaining a B.A. in 1916 and an M.A. in 1917. He attended the University of California
Medical School in San Francisco and was chosen as a fellow of the Hooper Institute for Medical Research, working with Dr.
George Whipple and Dr. Frank Hinman. After finishing medical school in 1920 Dr. Belt continued working in urology with Dr.
Hinman. Early in his medical school career, Dr. Belt signed up for a non-credit elective course in the History of Medicine
taught by Dr. George Washington Corner, an anatomist who had recently come to the University of California from Johns Hopkins
University. It was in this class that Dr. Belt developed his fascination with and devotion to Leonardo da Vinci, inspiring
the vast library of Vinciana he eventually donated to UCLA. Subsequently his collecting fervor also included Silas Weir Mitchell
and Florence Nightingale and in the 1930s Dr. Belt began working with Los Angeles bookseller Jake Zeitlin to fulfill these
and other ambitious collecting interests. After a year as Resident in Urology with Dr. Hinman in San Francisco, Dr. Belt spent
a year as Resident in General Surgery at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, working under Dr. Harvey Cushing. In 1923,
the Belts moved to Los Angeles where Elmer began a private practice. He soon established the Elmer Belt Urologic Group, a
group practice which moved to its own building on Wilshire Boulevard in 1936; the upper floor of this structure housed his
ever-expanding library. From 1939 through 1954 Belt served as the President of the State Board of Public Health, having been
first appointed by California Governor Culbert Olsen and then reappointed by Governor Earl Warren for each of Warren's three
terms in office. Dr. Belt had privileges as a staff, attending, or consulting urologist at many hospitals around Los Angeles
County and taught as Clinical Professor of Surgery (Urology) in the UCLA School of Medicine. He was instrumental in the founding
of the UCLA School of Medicine and finding its first dean, and continued as its staunch supporter throughout his life. Elmer
Belt died on May 17, 1980 at age 87.
Scope and Contents
The Elmer Belt collection of Vinciana graphic arts is a special collection of original artwork, original printed lithographs,
and materials concerning Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance. It was donated to UCLA in 1961 by Dr. Elmer Belt,
Professor Emeritus in the UCLA School of Medicine and a collector of Vinciana for more than sixty years.
Arrangement
The arrangement of materials maintains their existing order.
Related Materials
Head of a horse lsc_2366_b001_001
circa 1510
Creator: Melzi, Francesco, 1491 or 1493-approximately 1570
Physical Description: Italian drawing. After the Antique. Red chalk.
Physical Description: Height left 12.8 cm; height right 12 cm. Width top: 12 cm; bottom: 12.8 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired at Hauswedell, Hamburg 1956 as "Milanese drawing."
Scope and Contents
Watermark: Possibly drawn after the Roman Horse in Naples. Attributed to Melzi in 1967 by Carlo Pedretti.
Bibliography
Barbara Bacall, A catalogue of the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and his school in the United States of America, M.A. thesis,
UCLA, 1968; Carlo Pedretti, Leonardo da Vinci: studies for a Nativity and the 'Mona Lisa Cartoon' with drawings after Leonardo
from the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana: exhibition in honour of the Elmer Belt, M.D. on the occasion of his eightieth birthday
(Los Angeles: UCLA, 1973) (UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Publication Number 6), pp. 39f.
Grotesque heads lsc_2366_b001_002
circa 1510
Creator: Melzi, Francesco, 1491 or 1493-approximately 1570
Physical Description: Italian drawings. After da Vinci. Pen and brown ink over very light lead point.
Physical Description: Top: 5.6 x 10.5 cm; bottom: 4.6 x 10.3 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fowles, 1969.
Custodial History
Leonardo's originals were in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth; original Leonardo of lower left figure
purchased by Getty Museum in 1984. Formerly a part of a set of twelve in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton
House.
Scope and Contents
Two fragments in one mount. Each fragment contains two grotesque heads facing each other in profile. Counterimage of upper
right figure in Conte de Caylus (q.v.) No. 25.
Bibliography
F[rances] F[inger] in UCLA Librarian 22(2)(February 1969):7-9; S.A. Strong, Reproductions in facsimile of the drawings by
the Old Masters in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery at Wilton House...(London, 1900), Part II, no. 15;
Pedretti (op.cit.in I.1) p. 40.
Female figure lsc_2366_b001_003
16th century
Creator: Parmigianino, 1503-1540
Physical Description: Italian drawing. Brown pen and ink on brown paper, heightened with white.
Physical Description: 28 x 15 cm.
Last Supper lsc_2366_b001_004
circa 1562
Creator: Figino, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian drawing. After da Vinci. Crayon and red chalk.
Physical Description: 13 x 19.5 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Federn Collection.
Scope and Contents
Left below the ink: 104. Right below: collector's mark. Verso: Stamp of V.F. der Collection Federn (Lugt 923) and in fine
ink script: Nov.6-046-la. Below the Federn stamp a pale red stamp: V.M. Left along upper half of page: Leonardo da Vinci.
In the middle of the fold: 277'. The verso shows that the leaf was once folded. Upper: Study after Dioscurides of the Quirinal.
Lower: Studies of baroque baldacchino columns. Attribution: Carlo Pedretti.
Bibliography
Bacall (op.cit. in I.1).
Four grotesque figures lsc_2366_b001_005
17th century
Creator: Ghezzi, Giuseppe, 1634-1721
Physical Description: Italian drawing. Sepia. Watermark, Left: 1431 Right: Belt no. 55-307.
Physical Description: 12 x 19.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1955.
Scope and Contents
Verso: handwritten address: "All'ill R Y...al sig Cardinale d'Este Modena" Stripe of paper attached to lower margin with signature:
"Ghezzi."
Cain and Abel lsc_2366_b001_006
17th century
Creator: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594-1665
Physical Description: French drawing. Pen and bistre.
Physical Description: 6.5 x 8.5 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1952.
Scope and Contents
On one page with five drawings. Drawing one of five.
Aurora and Cupid lsc_2366_b001_007
17th century
Creator: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594-1665
Physical Description: French drawing. Pen and bistre.
Physical Description: 8.3 x 14.2 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1952.
Scope and Contents
On one page with five drawings. Drawing two of five.
Offer lsc_2366_b001_008
17th century
Creator: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594-1665
Physical Description: French drawing. Pen and bistre.
Physical Description: 8.2 x 13.8 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1952.
Scope and Contents
On one page with five drawings. Drawing three of five.
Dance composition lsc_2366_b001_009
17th century
Creator: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594-1665
Physical Description: French drawing. Pen and bistre.
Physical Description: 8.8 x 13 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1952.
Scope and Contents
On one page with five drawings. Drawing four of five.
Rural scene lsc_2366_b001_010
17th century
Creator: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594-1665
Physical Description: French drawing. Pencil and gray wash.
Physical Description: 7 x 13 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1952.
Scope and Contents
On one page with five drawings. Drawing five of five.
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci lsc_2366_b001_011
18th-19th century
Physical Description: French drawing. After portrait in the editio princeps (1651) of the Trattato della pittura.
Physical Description: 13 x 10.2 cm.
Custodial History
Collection Seeborger; Eric Bifferd; Jules Dapan sale Paris 1840; gift of Robert Schadt, curator, Huntington Library.
Adoration of the Magi lsc_2366_b001_012
1869
Creator: Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
Physical Description: Pencil on slightly yellowed paper.
Physical Description: 21 x 2 x 21.7 cm.
Custodial History
Atelier Degas, 4 et derniere vente, Paris, Galeries George Petit, July 2-4, 1919, no.85b (repr.); acquired by B. Degenhart
in Munich, 1949 or 1951, for the Belt Library.
Scope and Contents
Inscribed in upper right-hand corner in pencil: "Florence 1869. Leonardo da Vinci." In lower left-hand corner is the red stamp
Degas of the Durand Duel inventory after Degas' death. J. Rewald dates 1860, but Degas was in Italy in 1869.
Bibliography
K.T. Steinitz, in Raccolta Vinciana XX(1964):387-390, fig. 1; Pedretti (op. cit. in I.1), pp. 43ff.
Self-portrait in oval lsc_2366_b005_001
18th-19th century
Creator: Morghen, Raffaello, 1761-1833
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 32 x 23 cm.
Man with goitre and pointed nightcap lsc_2366_b005_002
17th century
Creator: Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652
Physical Description: Spanish engraving.
Physical Description: 21.9 x 14.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
Monogram at left corner: "JR". Cut sharply at frameline.
Bibliography
Bartsch XX pp. 82f. No. 99
Profile of man with bandaged head or turban lsc_2366_b005_003
17th century
Creator: Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652
Physical Description: Spanish engraving.
Physical Description: 14.5 x 11.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
Monogram at right corner: "SP 1022". Cut at frameline.
Bibliography
Bartsch XX p. 82 No.8.
Woman examining an armillary sphere lsc_2366_b005_004
16th century
Creator: Master FP
Physical Description: German(?) drypoint etching. After Parmigianino.
Physical Description: 10.5 x 8 cm, matted on 23 x 17.6 cm
Language of Material: Materials are in German.
Custodial History
Inscribed NEDIMEON [sic: Endimion]. Signed on plate F.P. On verso penciled reference: Mazzuoli 1320 (F.P.) B.20 [=Bartsch
XX]. F.P. refers to the signature on the plate. Aus dem Kupferstich-Kabinett des Fuersten Waldburg Wolfegg (according to stamp
and penciled note on verso of the print). Sale of duplicates 1902/1903.
Bibliography
Bartsch XVI p. 25 No. 2; cf. pp. 4f. on FP.
Annunciation lsc_2366_b005_005
16th century
Creator: Parmigianino, 1503-1540
Physical Description: Italian drypoint etching.
Physical Description: 11.5 x 7 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in German.
Scope and Contents
Mounted on blue. Signed on plate, the letters appearing reversed on the print. On verso: Stamp. Fuerstl. Waldburg Wolffeggsches
Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt, Supplement No. 2542, p. 476). Below: B2 gegenseitig 117. Above in pencil: 161-321.
Bibliography
Bartsch XVI pp. 6f. No. 2.
La morte de Leonard de Vinci lsc_2366_b005_006
19th century
Creator: Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801-1828
Physical Description: English engraving.
Physical Description: Impression: 16 x 20 cm on 22 x 27.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French and English.
Scope and Contents
Left: R.P. Bonington del. Right: F. Courbion sc. Below: La mort de Leonaro de Vinci. Printed by Lemercier and Cie., Paris,
in the series: L'artiste. Lower right corner in pencil: Richard Park Bonington, engl. geb. 1801.
Adam lsc_2366_b005_007
1529
Creator: Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550
Physical Description: German woodcut.
Physical Description: 12 x 11.8 cm and 4.8 x 12.2 cm.
Scope and Contents
Mainz, 1529.
Bibliography
Bartsch VII p. 114 (gives 1519 and: "On a deux epreuves differentes de ces deux morceaux").
Eve lsc_2366_b005_008
1529
Creator: Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550
Physical Description: German woodcut.
Physical Description: 12 x 11.8 cm and 4.8 x 12.2 cm.
Scope and Contents
Mainz, 1529.
Bibliography
Bartsch VII p. 114 (gives 1519 and: "On a deux epreuves differentes de ces deux morceaux").
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci lsc_2366_b005_009
18th century
Creator: Walker, William, 1729-1793, engraver.
Physical Description: English engraving.
Physical Description: 12 x 17.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
Cut and mounted on stationery paper. On verso a handwritten poem on widow-burning in India. Right: Walker sculp. Top: European
magazine. Below: The Death of Leonardo de Vincay, publ. Sep. 1 1784 by Fielding, Paternoster Row (London) L. Sewell, Cornhill
& I. Debrett, Picadilly.
Portrait of Benvenuto Cellini with hat lsc_2366_b005_010
undated
Physical Description: Engraving.
Physical Description: 11 x 6 cm. Impression: 14.8 x 9.4 cm on 22 x 14 cm.
Custodial History
Taken from a book printed in England.
Portrait, probably of Francesco d'Este lsc_2366_b005_011
undated
Creator: Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 17 x 12.2 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Latin.
Scope and Contents
Cut sharp at frameline. Portrait in an oval within an elaborate cartouche with inscription: Franciscvs ex Principibus / Etruriae.
The portrait represents a young man in armor with a lace collar.
Bibliography
J. Bialostocki, European painting in Polish collections, describes as after a portrait by Velasquez in Modena, Bibl. Estense;
cf. Wittkower, Bernini catalogue, no. 54.
Inclined head of a woman lsc_2366_b005_012
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 2 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Male profile lsc_2366_b005_013
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 4 of first edition. Windsor 12453. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each
leaf, upper right corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Caricature heads lsc_2366_b005_014
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engravings. Three black, one sanguine.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 7 of first edition. Windsor 12491, 12493 a.o. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50).
On each leaf, upper right corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Three caricature heads lsc_2366_b005_015
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engravings.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 8 of first edition. Windsor 12554, lower part of Salai profile. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of
1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Female profile lsc_2366_b005_016
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 11 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Two apostles lsc_2366_b005_017
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 12 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Caricatures lsc_2366_b005_018
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving. Sanguine.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 16 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Profile of a bearded young man lsc_2366_b005_019
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 14 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Man with windblown hair lsc_2366_b005_020
18th century
Creator: Mantelli, Girolamo
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 25.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. 5 of first edition. Marked on plate HM, the number of the first edition of 1785 (Verga No. 50). On each leaf, upper right
corner, in pencil, the date 1842.
Bibliography
Raccolta di disegni incisi...sugli originali esistenti nella Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano di Leonardo da Vinci e dei suoi
scolari (1785).
Profile study of a man's head lsc_2366_b005_021
16th century
Creator: Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550
Physical Description: German engraving.
Physical Description: 5 x 8 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in German.
Scope and Contents
Two studies of man's profile, the left one with proportion lines possibly derived from Leonardo; above at the second head,
on a white band: "Eines Mannes Haupt." Between the heads, centered, a small cartouche touching the lower margin; with date
and monogram: 1542 HS B.
Bibliography
Gustav Pauli, Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radirungen und Holzschnitte (Strassburg:
Heitz, 1901) III: 320; Bartsch VIII p. 211 No. 219.
Caricature head, engraved in a circle within a square lsc_2366_b005_022
undated
Physical Description: French engraving.
Physical Description: 7.5 x 7 cm on 9 x 8.4 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Scope and Contents
Left: Leonardo da Vinci. Right: De la Collection du Prince Charles de Ligne. Below: Dedie a ma femme. Engraved inscription
around the circle: "Leonardo de Vinci de la collection du Prince de Ligne."
Sheet of 19 caricature heads lsc_2366_b005_023
circa 18th century
Scope and Contents
Italian. Unattributed: Casolani.
Florence, ca. 1550. A pictorial map of the walled city. lsc_2366_b007_001
16th century
Physical Description: Italian engraving.
Physical Description: 31.4 x 44.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian.
Scope and Contents
Mounted on gray and matted 54 x 69 cm. Top, centered: Fiorenza [letter z in reverse]. Left: Medici coat of arms. Right: Florentine
fleur-de-lis within small cartouche. In foreground the river with the word: Arno. 5 cm. to lower margin: list of 60 buildings
numbered according to numbers on map.
Series of three small handcolored maps VII.2-4
undated
Physical Description: Italian engravings.
Physical Description: 9.4 x 15 cm on 14 x 21 cm.
Scope and Contents
VII.2 Brescia
VII.3 Cremona
VII.4 Ferrara
Map of Dukedom of Milan lsc_2366_b007_005
1670
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Physical Description: Dutch engraving.
Physical Description: 36 x 48.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Latin.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1947 from Bennet (c)
Scope and Contents
Title in cartouche at left: Ducatus / Mediolanen / sis, finitima- / rumq 3 regionv / descriptio, avc- / tore Ioanne Ge- /
orgio Septalia mediola / nense. / Top right: Sforza coat of arms. Verso: printed: p. 76 of Ortelius atlas 1670: Le Duche de
Milan.
Map of Florentine dominion lsc_2366_b007_006
circa 17th century
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator: Blaeu, Cornelis, 1610-1648
Physical Description: Dutch engraving.
Physical Description: 39 x 50 cm. (map and impression)
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian.
Scope and Contents
Title in decorative cartouche: Domino / Fioren / tino. Left lower corner: small cartouche with coat of arms with dedication
to "D. Theodoro Hasselaer. Scala di Mielia quindici." Between map and frameline a band with measurements. Represents Tuscany
west of Florence with Empoli and Vinci.
Map of Touraine, France lsc_2366_b007_007
17th century
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Physical Description: Dutch engraving.
Physical Description: 37.5 x 49 cm, 46.5 x 55 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Latin.
Scope and Contents
Old hand coloring. Above right within a garlanded vignette: Ducatus / Tyronensis / perlustratus e descriptus ab / Isaaco Franco,
Aedili Regia / et in ea provincia viarum magistro / (line) Touraine. Above left: (...Below left: Scale within a vignette.
Gallica commune: Right below: Apud Guiljelmia et Johannem Blaew Amsteldami. On verso: printed text with titles: Ducatvs /
Tvorenensis / vulgo Duche de Touraine.
Reproduction of Mappamondo Catalano della Estense lsc_2366_b007_008
undated
Scope and Contents
Modern (lithographic?) reproduction of circa 1375 piece.
Large male head en face lsc_2366_b007_009
18th century
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Leonardo da Vinci.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 20 cm. Impression: 35 x 25.2 cm. on 57 x 40.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
Below left: From the original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Below right: Engraved by Fl Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver
to his Majesty. Below middle: In His Majesty's Collection published as the act directs...1796 by Chamberlaine.
Mona Lisa lsc_2366_b007_010
undated
Physical Description: Modern (lithographic?) color reproduction.
Scope and Contents
Original creator: Leonardo da Vinci.
Portrait lsc_2366_b007_011
undated
Physical Description: Modern (lithographic?) color reproduction with Russian captions.
Language of Material: Materials are in Russian.
Scope and Contents
Original creator: Francesco Melzi.
Christi Erklaerung ueber das Vornehmste Gebot lsc_2366_b007_012
1808
Creator: Bause, Johann Friedrich, 1738-1814
Physical Description: German engraving.
Language of Material: Materials are in German.
Scope and Contents
Below left: Fr. Bause sculp. 1808.
Mort de Leonard de Vinci peint par Ingres, grave par Richemine. lsc_2366_b007_013
undated
Creator: Richemine
Physical Description: French engraving.
Physical Description: 39 x 49.3 cm on 47.3 x 58.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Copy 2 acquired in Rome in 1969 by Kate Traumann Steinitz and donated to the library.
Custodial History
Imprime et publie par Goupl et Cie. Paris, London, Berlin, Verlag von Goupil et Cie. New York, published by M. Knoedler. 2
copies. With: Announcement of the sale of the painting, signed and dedicated to Alexander von Humboldt, 1881.
Les Quatres banquets VII.15-18
circa 1619
Creator: Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635
Physical Description: French engravings.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Scope and Contents
VII.15 Noce de Cana. 5 x 5.5 cm (L.295)
VII.16 Le repas chez le Parisien. (L.296)
VII.17 Super d'Emaus. 5 x 5.4 cm (L.288)
VII.18 La Cene. (X)
Presentation tipped in at left margin: "To Dr. Elmer Belt, great Vincian and great friend this triumph of Jacques Callot done
in Florence in 1619. Herbert M. Evans." Paris: Chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, no. 32.
[Sections of skeletons] lsc_2366_b007_019
18th century
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Leonardo da Vinci.
Scope and Contents
Below left: from the original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Below right: engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver
to his Majesty. Below middle: In His Majesty's collection...
Leonardo Portrait lsc_2366_b006_004
18th century
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. Sanguine.
Physical Description: 28 x 19.5 cm. Impression: 32 x 25 cm. on 42.5 x 34 cm.
Scope and Contents
Windsor 12726. Frontispiece. Tuer: 677-(1). Left: From the original drawing by Hans Holbein [sic]. Right: engraved by F. Bartolozzi,
R.A. Historical Engraver to His Majesty. Below: in His Majesty's collection, published as the Act directs. Sept. 1, 1795 by
I. Chamberlaine.
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Chamberlaine 1796.
A youth's head in profile (Salai) lsc_2366_b004_002
18th century
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. Sanguine.
Physical Description: 21.5 x 15 cm. Impression: 29 x 24 cm on 38 x 29 cm.
Scope and Contents
Windsor 12554. Pl. 3 erroneously listed as "Woman's head." Tuer: - Right: Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver
to His Majesty. Left: From the original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Below: In His Majesty's Collection/published October
1, 1796 by John Chamberlain...In pencil: right lower corner 1/50.
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Chamberlaine 1812.
Half-length figure in profile, seated lsc_2366_b004_003
undated
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. Red stippel [stippling?]
Physical Description: 18 x 13 cm. Impression: 29 x 23.8 cm, on 3 x 2 cm with 5 frame lines.
Scope and Contents
Windsor 12584 (copy). Pl. 6. Tuer" 684 (8).
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Chamberlaine 1812.
Young man leaning lsc_2366_b004_004
18th century
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Physical Description: Italian engraving. Sanguine.
Physical Description: 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Impression: 28 x 23 cm on 36 x 27.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
No. - Tuer: - Right below: in pencil by a later hand: F. Bartolozzi. In left corner of impression: in pencil: LP.
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Chamberlaine 1812.
Leonardo da Vinci, portrait within an oval. lsc_2366_b004_005
19th century
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Giuseppe Bossi (1777-1815).
Physical Description: 12.5 x 10.5 cm on 35 x 25 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian and German.
Custodial History
Claudio Artaria inc. "All'Egregio Gautero della Belle Arte / II Sig.re Bartolomeo Turina / questa sua pro-izia / " Verlag
Gebruder Rocca in Berlin und Goettingen. Gedruckt von Hampe. The portrait is almost identical with the one signed Bossi and
Anderloni, but 0.5 cm wider.
"Come gentle friend salute my bride..." lsc_2366_b004_001
undated
Creator: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Physical Description: Engraving.
Scope and Contents
An engraving after Leonardo signed: "Leonardo Vinci (invit?) at bottom left of engraving. London (c1671-1707). Original and
photoprint.
Variant of 29 lsc_2366_b004_006
undated
Creator: Bossi, Giuseppe, 1777-1815
Creator: Anderloni, Faustino, 1766-1847
Scope and Contents
Signed Bossi and Anderloni.
Self portrait lsc_2366_b004_007
1766
Creator: Zocchi, Giuseppe, 1711-1767
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Leonardo da Vinci.
Physical Description: 20.5 x 18 cm on 35 x 25 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian.
Scope and Contents
"Lionardo di Ser Piero / da Vinci [coat of arms] pittore / Scultore, Architetto &c / nato nel MCCCCXLV. morto nel MDXX [sic]
Dedicato al...Mse, el Cavre Alessandro Coppoli Patrizio Perugino, e Fiorentino. / Preso da un Quadro esistente nella Galleria
di S.A.R. di Firenze. Below: Correct life data written in pencil.
The Last Supper lsc_2366_b004_008
circa 19th century
Creator: Roemhild
Physical Description: German engraving. After Leonardo da Vinci.
Physical Description: 19 x 28 cm (Margins cropped except for bottom) on 22 x 28 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French and German.
Scope and Contents
Left: a Paris chez Dopler, rue St. Jacques No. 21. Right: Roemhild sc. Depose. Below within decorative scrolls: "La Cene-Das
Abendmahl / En verite, je vous dis un de vous doit me livrer--In Wahreit ich sage Euch, Einer von Euch wird mich verrathen.
Christ disputing with the doctors lsc_2366_b004_009
19th century
Creator: Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855
Physical Description: English engraving.
Physical Description: 13.5 x 17 cm on 21 x 27.5 cm.
Scope and Contents
Below, centered: Engraved by W. Radclyffe. "Christ disputing with the doctors" / from the original Painting by Leonardo da
Vinci in the National Gallery / No. 33 / Jones [and] Co of the Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London.
Leonardo da Vinci after a picture by himself engraved by Raffaello Morghen lsc_2366_b004_010
circa 19th century
Creator: Posselwhite, J. (James), 1798-1884
Physical Description: English engraving.
Physical Description: 30.5 x 22 cm.
Custodial History
London. Published by Charles Knight [and] Co. Ludgate St.
Raphael's Burial lsc_2366_b002_001
17th-18th century
Creator: Le Sueur, Eustache, 1616-1655
Physical Description: French drawing. Red chalk over ink.
Physical Description: 24.2 x 38.5 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Scope and Contents
Inscription: "From coll. Le Sueur. Enterrement et mort de Raphael. Son corps est porte a la sepulture par les principaux eleves;
son tableaux de la Transfiguration suit la marche est porte en triumph de lui.
Caricatures after Leonardo da Vinci and Hieronymus Bosch lsc_2366_b002_002
17th century
Creator: Baccio del Bianco, Luigi, 1604-1656
Physical Description: Italian drawings. Pen and bistre.
Physical Description: 26.5 x 40 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1951 at Colnaghi in London as Ghezzi or Zenetti, but identified by B. Degenhart as Baccio del Banco.
Scope and Contents
Supplements a set in the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Muenchen. This copy carries the number 139. The Munich set shows
consecutive numbers.
Vinci Landscape lsc_2366_b002_003
circa 1957
Creator: Bret, Paul, 1902-
Physical Description: French drawing. Pencil.
Physical Description: 22 x 29 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Scope and Contents
Inscribed at bottom: "La tour de la Bibliotheque Vinci 57."
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci with a cap lsc_2366_b006_001
19th century
Creator: Leroux, Jean Marie, 1788-1870
Creator: Denoyer, B.
Physical Description: French engraving.
Physical Description: 30 x 24 cm. Impression: 38 x 30 cm on 40 x 32 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in French.
Scope and Contents
Cartouche in imitation of embroidery, carrying the inscription: Leonardo / de Vinci. Left: L. de Vinci pinx. Right: J.M. Leroux
sc. Center: B. Denoyer del. Below: "Il naquit en 1452 au Chateau de Vinci pres de Florence/Peintre, Architecte et Sculpteur,
Il fut invite par Francois 1er a se rendre en France/il y vint en 1515 et mourut a Ambroise au palais de Clou le 2 mai, 1519.
Publie par Veith [and] Hauser, Paris." Below: depose a la direction. Left: Imprime par Chardin aine et Asc.
Self-Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci lsc_2366_b006_002
18th-19th century
Creator: Morghen, Raffaello, 1761-1833
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Leonardo da Vinci.
Physical Description: 24.5 x 29 cm. Impression: 30 x 22 cm on 41.5 cm x 32.8 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Latin.
Scope and Contents
Water stains. Left: Leonardus Vincius se ipsum pincit. Right: Raphael Morghen sculpsit.
Salome with head of John the Baptist. lsc_2366_b006_003
19th century
Creator: Garavaglia, Giovita, 1790-1835
Physical Description: Italian engraving. After Bernardo Luini (1475-1533).
Physical Description: 25.5 x 30.3 cm.
Language of Material: Materials are in Italian.
Scope and Contents
Below left: Bernardino Luini dip. Below right: Giovita Garavaglia inc. Center: Pietro Anderloni dec. "All Egregio Protettore
delle Belle Arti/xxx il originale esiste presso il Cav. Prof. Scarpa." In Firenze presso Luigi Bardi.
Hollar print P1578 - mat 1 lsc_2366_b011_001
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Five Men lsc_2366_b011_002
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Two grotesque figures lsc_2366_b011_003
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1594i - folder 2 lsc_2366_b011_004
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1595i - folder 2 lsc_2366_b011_005
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1596i - folder 2 lsc_2366_b011_006
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1605i - mat 3 lsc_2366_b011_007
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1610i - mat 3 lsc_2366_b011_008
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1723i - mat 3 lsc_2366_b011_009
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)
Hollar print P1748i - mat 3 lsc_2366_b011_010
undated
Scope and Contents
Print by Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague, Bohemia 1607–1677 London, England.)