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    Museum collections / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)
    Leonardo da Vinci. Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso), 1496. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00020088

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    Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)

    by Leonardo da Vinci

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
    Date
    1496
    Medium
    Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
    Dimensions
    7 15/16 x 5 1/4in. (20.2 x 13.3cm)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    Drawings
    Department
    Drawings and Prints
    Credit line
    Rogers Fund, 1917
    Accession no.
    17.142.2

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