Head studies
by LEONARDO da Vinci
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Profile of a warrior in helmet
c. 1472
Silverpoint on prepared paper, 285 x 207 mm
British Museum, London

730*1010
True Color
135 Kb



Lorenzo de' Medici
c. 1480
Pen and ink on paper, 73 x 49 mm
Royal Library, Windsor

335*500
True Color
27 Kb



Study of the effect of light on a profile head (facsimile)
1487-90
Black chalk, pen and ink on paper, 203 x 143 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

750*1039
True Color
107 Kb



Male head in profile with proportions
c. 1490
Pen and ink on paper, 280 x 222 mm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

850*1048
True Color
101 Kb



Five caricature heads
after 1490
Pen and ink on paper, 18 x 12 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

802*1162
True Color
160 Kb



Study of five grotesque heads
c. 1494
Pen and ink on paper, 261 x 206 cm
Royal Library, Windsor

809*1017
True Color
162 Kb



Heads of an old man and a youth
1495-1500
Red chalk on paper, 208 x 150 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

704*939
True Color
113 Kb



Profile of a man and study of two riders
1490 and c. 1504
Pen, ink, red chalk on paper, 279 x 223 mm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

806*1006
True Color
150 Kb



Study sheet
1478
Pen and ink on paper, 202 x 266 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

962*750
True Color
107 Kb



Head of a Man Facing to the Left
1490-94
Pen and brown ink over charcoal, 120 x 50 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

285*600
True Color
35 Kb



Study of an Old Man
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Drawing
Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome

523*850
True Color
73 Kb



Head of an Old Man
1487-90
Pen and light brown ink, watercolour on pal walnut paper, 112 x 75 mm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

310*500
True Color
36 Kb



Isabella d'Este
1500
Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper, 63 x 46 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

809*1099
True Color
167 Kb



Grotesque head
1500-05
Black chalk on paper, 390 x 280 mm
Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford

740*1004
True Color
128 Kb



Head of a Man
1503-05
Red chalk on paper
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

607*855
True Color
81 Kb



Profile of an old man
-
Pen and ink on paper
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

701*984
True Color
117 Kb



Old man with ivy wreath and lion's head
1503-05
Red chalk with white highlight on pink prepared paper, 183 x 136 mm
Royal Library, Windsor

808*1027
True Color
109 Kb



Self-Portrait
c. 1512
Red chalk on paper, 333 x 213 mm
Biblioteca Reale, Turin

740*1153
True Color
156 Kb



Caricature
-
Pen and ink on paper
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

999*800
True Color
138 Kb



Caricature
1495-1506
Pen and brown ink, glued onto secondary paper support, 65 x 53 mm
Private collection

377*450
True Color
30 Kb



Caricature
1495-1506
Pen and brown ink, glued onto secondary paper support, 69 x 56 mm
Private collection

357*450
True Color
25 Kb



Caricature of a Bald Old Man
1485-90
Pen and brown ink, 57 x 40 mm
British Museum, London

256*350
True Color
15 Kb



Caricature of an Old Woman
1485-90
Pen and brown ink, 57 x 42 mm
British Museum, London

261*350
True Color
17 Kb




Summary of works by Leonardo
Paintings
early work | in the 1480s | in the 1490s | late work | copies
Studies to paintings
Battle of Anghiari | studies (1) | studies (2) | heads | various
Other studies
anatomy | nature | engineering | maps | architecture | sculpture