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LEONARDO da Vinci: Studies of human skull

🖼 Studies of human skull, 1489
Pen, ink and black chalk on paper
188 × 134 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Precise cross-sections and anatomical detail reveal a human skull dissected with mathematical clarity, rendered in ink with surgical precision. Leonardo's obsessive study of death shaped Renaissance understanding of human anatomy and remains foundational to artistic and medical knowledge.

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