LEONARDO da Vinci
(b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise)

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

The ivy and the lion's head are the attributes of Bacchus (Greek Dionysus), the god of vine in Greek mythology.