Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

  • Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Date:
1648
Reference:
29064i
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[Antwerp]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 6.8 x 4.6 cm

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Leonardo / da Vinci inv. / W. Hollar fec. / 1648

References note

C. D. O'Malley and J. B. de C. M. Saunders, Leonardo da Vinci on the human body, New York 1952, no. 43
K. Clark and C. Pedretti, The drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, 2nd revd ed., 3 vols, 1968-1969, iii, no. 19003r
Gustav Parthey, Wenzel Hollar. Beschreibendes Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Berlin 1853, no. 1578

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Wellcome Collection 29064i

Reproduction note

An etching made by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo's drawing at Windsor (Clark 19003r). It is a detail of the lean figure that appears on the top right of the sheet. Hollar had access to Leonardo's drawings from 1636 to 1641 when he was in the employ of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, who at the time owned the Leonardo drawings now in Windsor. Hollar later published prints of them between 1645-1651

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