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LEONARDO da Vinci: Head of a girl

🖼 Head of a girl, c. 1483
Silverpoint and white highlights on prepared paper
181 × 159 cm
Turin, Italy

Soft charcoal renders a young girl's delicate features in three-quarter profile, her gaze distant and contemplative. Leonardo's anatomical precision and psychological subtlety established the prototype for Renaissance portraiture, influencing centuries of figure studies.

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E. H. Gombrich
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