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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: A bust of a grotesque old woman in profile. Verso: Studies of optics c.1490
Pen and ink | 8.4 x 10.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912447
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: A bust of a grotesque old woman in profile. Verso: Studies of optics c.1490
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: A bust of a grotesque old woman in profile. Verso: Studies of optics c.1490
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Recto: a drawing of the head and the bust of a grotesque female in profile to the right; the drawing has been cut off so that her eye and the upper part of her head are missing. Verso: diagrams of an eye, geometrical figures, and some writing in Leonardo's hand, some of it crossed through. This is a fragment from the Codex Atlanticus, folio 141 recto-b, verso-c.
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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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink
Measurements
8.4 x 10.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 12447
