The head of Leda – (Leonardo Da Vinci) Previous Next


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Date: 1505

Size: 20 x 16 cm

Museum: Royal Collection (London, United Kingdom)

Technique: Drawing

Various sketches of the head of a woman: on the right is a sketch of the head turned to the left, looking down three quarters left, with the hair elaborately coiled and braided. Beneath this is a drawing of a head seen from the back. On the left are three quarter and rear views of the same subject. These are studies for the head of Leda in the lost painting of Leda and the Swan. Melzi

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