Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in Boards

Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in Boards

Wenceslaus Hollar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Characaturas/ by/ Leonardo da Vinci/ from Drawings by / Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar/ out of the/ Portland Museum/ Published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand/ Price 15 in Boards

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in BoardsCharacaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in BoardsCharacaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in BoardsCharacaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in BoardsCharacaturas by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar out of the/ Portland Museum, published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand, Price 15 in Boards

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.