Skull in profile to right

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Leonardo da Vinci Italian
1645
Not on view
Skull in profile to right with five teeth in each jaw, its back resting on square block,
after Leonardo da Vinci

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Object Information
  • Title: Skull in profile to right
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
  • Date: 1645
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/16 × 3 5/8 in. (7.8 × 9.2 cm)
    with narrow margins all around
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.18-101
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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