Italian renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci created many things, but have you ever seen his drawings of cats from his notebook?

Learn more about Leonardo’s cats in this short video

Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are filled with his inventions and studies of people and animals. But did you know he also studied cats (and even lions!) first hand? In one page from his notebooks we see how he sketched cats in different poses—and doing very cat-like activities.

Main artwork:

1. Leonardo da Vinci, Study sheet with cats, dragon, and other animals, 1513–15, pen, ink, black chalk on paper. Royal Library, Windsor.