"Only Carter Brown could have pulled this off," said Jim Kline, a Washington developer, as he and his wife, Norma, examined a room of Leonardo drawings.

On another are the drawings and paintings of his beloved Nancy: as a boy, as a Leonardo drawing, as George Washington on Mount Rushmore.

With 118 Leonardo drawings, it is the largest gathering of his work in America.

I knew about the Leonardo drawings and the Rembrandts, but there are so many other objects that tell the story of this country's history.

The Royal Collection has the most important group of Leonardo drawings in the world.

She passed under a parachute, suspended from the ceiling, that was designed from a Leonardo drawing by Robert Prestegard, a senior at North Haven High School.

The theft coincided with a project to publish a facsimile set of all the Leonardo drawings in the Royal Collection.

The Leonardo drawings alone would have made a fine exhibition, although not one to fill the entire first floor of Palazzo Grassi.

Because of the rarity and the delicacy of the Leonardo drawings, Ms. Bambach made repeated visits to some museums to press her case.

Some scholars say the Leonardo drawings are so delicate they should not be allowed to travel, but others believe they have to be moved to be seen.