Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man measures approximately 34.4 × 25.5 cm (13.5 × 10 inches). It is drawn in pen and brown ink over metalpoint on paper. Due to its fragility, it is normally not on display. Even when it appears in major exhibitions, it is behind special glass and revealed only every 20 minutes or so to protect it from light.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man (Uomo vitruviano) is by far the most famous and most important work in the collection of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Venice.