The Head of a Grotesque Man in Profile Facing Right
Leonardo da Vinci
after 1500
Medium
Pen and brown ink, on off-white paper (now darkened)
Dimensions
(irregular): 3 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (9.2 × 5.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.142.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenProfiles
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...