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
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...