Bust of a man with a flat nose and protruding mouth, wearing flat cap and buttoned coat in profile to right
Medium
Etching; only state
Dimensions
Plate: 2 7/16 × 1 7/8 in. (6.2 × 4.8 cm) Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.4 × 5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.18-271
Tags
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Wenceslaus Hollar · 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...