Lot Essay
Based on a red chalk grotesque head by Leonardo in the Kunsthall, Hamburg, A.E. Popham, The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci, London, 1946, no. 134a
Details
Circle of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
A grotesque male Head, after Leonardo
pen and brown ink heightened with white, on grey prepared paper
135 x 103mm.
A grotesque male Head, after Leonardo
pen and brown ink heightened with white, on grey prepared paper
135 x 103mm.
Provenance
C.R. Rudolf (L. 2811b); Sotheby's, 4 July 1977, lot 59, illustrated (#2,100)