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? Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: The head of a man with a diagram in place of the eye. Verso: The head of a man in profile, and the nose, lips and chin of a man in profile c.1513
Pen and ink | 13.0 x 6.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912443
? Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: The head of a man with a diagram in place of the eye. Verso: The head of a man in profile, and the nose, lips and chin of a man in profile c.1513
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Recto: a drawing of an eyeless profile, facing right, with a geometrical figure above the bridge of the nose, perhaps a diagram on the action of the eye. Verso: the same profile traced through, and another, cut away below the eye, beside it. This is a fragment from the Codex Atlanticus, folio 243 verso-a, recto-a.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, by 1630; Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
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Pen and ink
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13.0 x 6.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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