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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Recto: The head of a man in profile. Verso: A slight sketch of machinery c.1503-5
Pen and ink | 5.2 x 5.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912459
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
912459.jpg c.1503-5
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
912459V.jpg c.1503-5
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A fragment with a sketch of the head and shoulders of a man, profile right, with a double chin and hair blown forward.
The fragment was cut, probably by Francesco Melzi, from a sheet in the Codex Atlanticus (Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana; fol. 252v-a) that mainly studies methods of surveying mountains. The bust was drawn over a sketch of two peaks, and a straight line between their summits passes through the nape of the man's neck. The numbers on the right are fragments of calculations on the parent sheet.
Verso: a fragment of a diagram of machinery, and the word 'qual'.
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
5.2 x 5.0 cm (sheet of paper)
