Italian Renaissance drawings at the British Museum: from Leonardo to Lorenzo di Credi

Warrior (c1480) by a young Leonardo da Vinci Photograph: The British Museum

Head of a Woman (1470s) by Andrea del Verrocchio. The artist was a Florentine goldsmith, sculptor and painter whose busy and productive workshop attracted students such as Leonardo and Lorenzo di Credi Photograph: The British Museum

Head of a Woman (1470s) by Leonardo da Vinci, drawn during his time in Verrocchio's studio Photograph: The British Museum

Head of a Woman (c1490) by Lorenzo di Credi. The artist drew this long after his apprenticeship with Verrocchio, but it still carries some of the dreamy, introspective style of his master Photograph: The British Museum

Virgin and Child With Angels (c1490) by Andrea Mantegna Photograph: The British Museum

Two cheetahs (1400-10) by an anonymous artist in Lombardy, Italy. Drawings of animals would be collected together in a book and used as models for embellishing paintings and manuscripts Photograph: The British Museum

Study of a Young Woman (c1510) by Titian Photograph: The British Museum