Studies for the Battle of Anghiari Cartoon and the Proportions of the Head
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Studies for the Battle of Anghiari Cartoon and the Proportions of the Head
- Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
- Date: ca. 1490-95; 1503-5
- Medium: Pen and two hues of brown ink (that of lighter color later reworked with black-brown ink), over traces of preliminary stylus work, soft black chalk, red chalk (recto); ren and two hues of brown ink (that of lighter color later reworkedwith black-brown ink), over soft black chalk, with densely pinpricked holes close to the figure's profile
- Dimensions: 11 × 8 13/16 in. (28 × 22.4 cm)
Framed: 20 11/16 × 15 9/16 in. (52.5 × 39.5 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gallerie dell’Accademia, Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, Venice (236)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints