Three profile heads, one in outline only

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Leonardo da Vinci Italian
1644–52
Not on view
Three heads in profile to left; at left, outline of the head of a youth; in middle, head of an old man; at right, head of a youth, with curly hair falling over the nape of his neck; after Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Title: Three profile heads, one in outline only
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
  • Date: 1644–52
  • Medium: Etching, first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (6 × 11.1 cm)
    cut on platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.18-249
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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