Reworked engraving by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Black chalk, traces of white highlights, pen and brown ink, reworked by Rubens with brush and brown and gray-black ink, gray wash, and white and bluish gray gouache, over copy inserted into a larger piece of paper.
45.3 x 63.6 cm (17 7/8 x 25 1/16 in.)
Leonardo Status: As has been stated, this is a copy, a print of an engraving done in 1558 by Lorenzo Zacchia (Italian, 1524-ca. 1587). It depicts the central detail of Leonardo's 1505 Florentine mural The Battle of Anghiari. The original has not been seen since the mid-16th century. Hope remains that it may still exist behind the mural/wall that was erected in front of it at that time.