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LEONARDO da Vinci: Woman’s Head

🖼 Woman’s Head, 1470-76
Pen, ink and white pigment on paper
282 × 199 cm
Florence, Italy

Delicate sfumato modeling renders a woman's face in soft shadow and light, her gaze directed downward in contemplative repose. Leonardo's anatomical precision and psychological subtlety established the portrait as a vehicle for inner life, influencing centuries of figurative art.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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