Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci
Date: 1506
Size: 14 x 17 cm
Museum: Royal Collection (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Drawing
A drawing of the head of a woman turned three quarters to the left, looking down. The hair is fastened in elaborate braids, and arranged in coils over the ears. This is a study for the head of Leda in the lost painting of Leda and the Swan. The mythical Leda was seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. Leonardo worked on two compositions of the subject, finally executing a painting that was destroyed in the 18th century. In the four surviving studies of Leda
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