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LEONARDO da Vinci: Heads of Sts Thomas and James the Greater

🖼 Heads of Sts Thomas and James the Greater, -
Black, brown and red chalk, retouched in charcoal
623 × 453 cm
Chapel Hill, Italy

Two rendered heads study intense emotion and anatomical precision through delicate sfumato. Leonardo captures psychological depth in apostolic portraiture, demonstrating his revolutionary approach to human expression and spiritual intensity that influenced Renaissance religious art.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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