The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right
Leonardo da Vinci · 1510–13
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What the record supports
"The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right" is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, created between 1510 and 1513. The artwork measures 20.3 x 15.6 cm (8 x 6 1/8 in.) and is executed in black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with potential traces of white chalk. There are remains of framing lines in pen and brown ink at the upper right, noted as not by Leonardo.
The drawing is classified under "Drawings" and is held in the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, having been acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1951.
The catalogue record does not provide information regarding the artwork's culture, provenance, exhibition history, or literature. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath. The Metropolitan Museum of Art also holds other works related to or by Leonardo da Vinci, including "A Bear Walking" (ca. 1482–85) and "Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left" (1490–94).
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