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Heads of a Young Woman and an Old Man Facing One Another

Wenceslaus Hollar and Leonardo da Vinci

Heads of a Young Woman and an Old Man Facing One Another

1644

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Heads of a Young Woman and an Old Man Facing One Another

1644

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 94 × 140 mm. (3 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2358
Top corners of sheet trimmed away

Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper center, in plate, "Leonardo da Vinci inv / W. Hollar fecit 1645"; in image, bottom left corner, in brown pen "L"; in image, bottom right, in plate "3b" Verso: bottom left in pencil "2358"; lower left, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6284" inside

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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Artist

Leonardo da Vinci

1451–1518

Italian, 1452-1519
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