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LEONARDO da Vinci: Caricature of a Bald Old Man

🖼 Caricature of a Bald Old Man, 1485-90
Pen and brown ink
57 × 40 cm
London, United Kingdom

Exaggerated features distort a profile study—bulbous nose, receding chin, wrinkled skin rendered in delicate pen strokes. Leonardo's caricature explores human physiognomy through grotesque exaggeration, revealing Renaissance fascination with anatomical variation and expressive distortion.

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E. H. Gombrich
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