Detail View: The AMICA Library: Head of the Virgin
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.51.90
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Creator Name:
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian, b. Vinci 1452 - d. Cloux 1519
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Creator Birth Place:
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Vinci
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Creator Death Place:
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Cloux
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Made by Leonardo da Vinci
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Title:
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Head of the Virgin
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1507-1513
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Creation Start Date:
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1507
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Creation End Date:
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1513
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Materials and Techniques:
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Charcoal, black and red chalks; traces of framing line in pen and brown ink at upper right
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Dimensions:
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8 x 6-1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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51.90
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Credit Line:
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Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
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Rights:
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http://www.metmuseum.org/ [ http://www.metmuseum.org/ ]
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Context:
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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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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.dp51.90.R.tif
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Initial Sort:
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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