Oct. 24 – From the Royal Library of Turin to the Morgan Library in New York: the ” Codex on the Flight of Birds,” “Ritratto di fanciulla ” and other drawings by the great Italian renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci will soon be available to the American public. Eight drawings by Leonardo – along with seven works by his students – will be on display from tomorrow until February 2 in New York’s historic library. The Morgan Library holds 250,000 works, including rare manuscripts, prints, music sheets, valuable drawings and books… The Codex on the Flight of Birds was recently exhibited with great success at the Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington (from September 13 to October 22) alongside the Study for the Angel of the Virgin of the Rocks, also known as Ritratto di Fanciulla, also the logo of the Royal Library in Turin. At the opening on Friday, October 25, which are part of the celebrations for 2013: The Year of Italian Culture in the the United States, there will be the Regional Director for Cultural Heritage and Landscape of Piedmont, Mario Turetta.
