Donated by the artist to the city in 1987, Mario Ceroli’s large wooden sculpture of Vitruvian Man stands in Piazza Guido Masi, behind the Conti Guidi Castle. It is inspired by the famous drawing in the Accademia Galleries in Venice in which Leonardo represents the idea of proportion expressed by Vitruvius. The three-dimensional version of the work pays tribute to the modernity and dynamism of Leonardo’s drawing, which Mario Ceroli had already been interested in since the 1960s. The statue, which interprets the Renaissance principle of man as the measure of all things, has become the symbol of the city of Vinci and its indissoluble bond with Leonardo.
