Head of the Virgin

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.51.90

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MMA_.51.90

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Drawings and Watercolors

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Drawings and Watercolors

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Italian

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European; Southern European; Italian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Italian, b. Vinci 1452 - d. Cloux 1519

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Italian, b. Vinci 1452 - d. Cloux 1519

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Birth Place:

Vinci

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Vinci

Creator Birth Place

false

Creator Death Place:

Cloux

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Cloux

Creator Death Place

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Creator Name-CRT:

Made by Leonardo da Vinci

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Made by Leonardo da Vinci

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Head of the Virgin

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Head of the Virgin

Title

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

1507-1513

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1507-1513

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1507

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1507

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

1513

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1513

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

Charcoal, black and red chalks; traces of framing line in pen and brown ink at upper right

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Charcoal, black and red chalks; traces of framing line in pen and brown ink at upper right

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

8 x 6-1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)

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8 x 6-1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

51.90

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51.90

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951

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Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This exquisitely finished drawing closely relates to the oil painting of the 'Virgin and Child with Saint Anne' (Musée du Louvre, Paris), of about 1508-12, and may have been a preparatory study. To render the infinite gradations of light and shadow, the artist used the sfumato technique, softly stumping the strokes of chalk. The effect is that of seamlessly blended tone 'in the manner of smoke' ('fumo'). Although the drawing surface has suffered somewhat, this study is unmistakably by Leonardo, and vividly illustrates the depth of his explorations of optical phenomena late in his career. Some of the major drawings for the Louvre picture are in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, England.

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<P>This exquisitely finished drawing closely relates to the oil painting of the 'Virgin and Child with Saint Anne' (Musée du Louvre, Paris), of about 1508-12, and may have been a preparatory study. To render the infinite gradations of light and shadow, the artist used the sfumato technique, softly stumping the strokes of chalk. The effect is that of seamlessly blended tone 'in the manner of smoke' ('fumo'). Although the drawing surface has suffered somewhat, this study is unmistakably by Leonardo, and vividly illustrates the depth of his explorations of optical phenomena late in his career. Some of the major drawings for the Louvre picture are in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, England.</P>

Context

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Head of the Virgin