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Two grotesque profiles confronted
Leonardo da Vincic. 1485-90
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A drawing of two peculiar male heads turned in profile, face to face. This may be a fragment from the Codex Atlanticus.
Here again, Leonardo has juxtaposed extremes of the facial features: snub versus aquiline nose, sucked-in versus protruding fleshy lips, jutting versus receding chin.
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Details
- Title: Two grotesque profiles confronted
- Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
- Date Created: c. 1485-90
- Physical Dimensions: 6.3 x 6.6 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/912463
- Medium: Pen and ink
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