The Hills of Tuscany

Description: 

Also known as “Landscape with Waterfall” and “Landscape with River,” this is da Vinci’s earliest known work, dated to August 4, 1473.  It’s considered one of the first realistic landscape-views, due in large part to da Vinci’s own observations. The drawing is geologically correct: thin at the bottom and thick at the top, like the Turbidite sequences found in the Apennines Mountains.

Associated Place(s)

Artist: 

  • Leonardo da Vinci

Image Date: 

4 Aug 1473