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LEONARDO da Vinci: Head of a Man Facing to the Left

🖼 Head of a Man Facing to the Left, 1490-94
Pen and brown ink over charcoal
120 × 50 cm
New York, USA

Delicate charcoal strokes capture a man's profile in subtle shadow, revealing bone structure and contemplative expression through masterful sfumato technique. Leonardo's anatomical precision and psychological insight established portraiture as intellectual inquiry, influencing centuries of figure drawing practice.

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E. H. Gombrich
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