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Tête D'enfant De Trois Quarts à Droite
The ''Tête d'enfant de trois quarts à droite'' is a silverpoint drawing on paper by the Florentine Renaissance art, Florentine painter Leonardo da Vinci. It belongs to the Codex Vallardi and is preserved at the Department of Graphic Arts of the Louvre, Louvre Museum in Paris. This small-sized drawing portrays the head of a very young child. This is a preparatory study for the head of the infant John the Baptist in the Louvre Museum version of The Virgin of the Rocks, which was commissioned by the Immaculate Conception, Brotherhood of the Immaculate Conception. It was likely created around 1483 and is one of the last three known studies related to this painting. The drawing is characterized by melancholy and introspection, and it falls within the artist's favored theme of depicting babies. This drawing exhibits all of Leonardo da Vinci's qualities as a draftsman. Although it underwent retouching, which may have raised questions about its authenticity, it remains an excellent e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most Western canon, canonical works of Art of Europe, Western art, including the ''Mona Lisa,'' ''Venus de Milo,'' and ''Winged Victory''. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II of France, Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I of France, Francis I converted it into the primary residence of the French kings. The building was redesigned and extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
