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University of Nottingham: Leonardo’s bear sheds light on history of bears in European culture

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A beautiful sketch of a bear’s head by Leonardo da Vinci goes up for auction at Christie’s in London this week. Described as ‘one of the most important works from the Renaissance still in private hands’, the drawing is expected to fetch at least £12 million. But Leonardo’s ‘Head of a Bear’ has more to […]