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R: The busts of a peasants and a nobelwaoman confronted
Leonardo da Vincic. 1485-90
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A drawing of two confronting grotesque profiles; an old man, facing right and an old woman, facing left, both with remarkable hair or headgear. It is a fragment from the Codez Atlanticus, 31 recto-a.
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Details
- Title: R: The busts of a peasants and a nobelwaoman confronted
- Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
- Date Created: c. 1485-90
- Physical Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.0 cm
- 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
- Type: Prints & drawings
- Rights: Supplied by Royal Collection Trust / (c) HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012
- External Link: http://www.rct.uk/collection/912453
- Medium: pen and ink
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