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National Gallery of Art
First Knot

First Knot, after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1500

Leonardo da Vinci, portrait

Leonardo da VinciItalian, 1452–1519

First Knot

c. 1490/1500 · Print

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 3 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

c. 1490/1500

14521519

Accession number: 1961.17.55.a-e

What it shows

Geometric Writing

In the catalog

Sources

National Gallery of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of Leonardo da Vinci

1482–1500 · Workplace
Milan
1490
Salaì joins his household
Salaì — “the little unclean one”, that is, the devil — entered Leonardo's household as an assistant. Within a year Leonardo called him “a thief, a liar, stubborn, and a glutton”, yet treated him with great indulgence, and Salaì stayed in his household for the next thirty years.
16 July 1493
“Caterina came”: perhaps his mother
Leonardo wrote in his notebook: “16 July 1493, Caterina came.” An elderly woman came to keep his house, and according to one hypothesis she was his mother.
1499
The French take Milan
Milan was captured by the troops of King Louis XII of France. Leonardo left the city, and the model of the Francesco Sforza monument was badly damaged.
1500 · Residence
Florence
1502
In the service of Cesare Borgia
In Cesena Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, travelling throughout Italy with him. To win his patronage he drew a town plan of Imola, after which Borgia made him his chief military engineer and architect.

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Benois Madonna, Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century

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Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Descent into Limbo [right panel], Andrea Vanni, 1380s

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First Knot — Leonardo da Vinci · ART WIKI