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LEONARDO da Vinci: Head of a Man

🖼 Head of a Man, 1503-05
Red chalk on paper
Venice, Italy

Soft charcoal captures intense psychological depth in this male profile, rendered with anatomical precision and subtle modeling. Leonardo's obsessive study of human proportion and emotion established the Renaissance standard for portraiture and psychological insight.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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