The ''Head of a Young Woman'' is a
drawing
Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...
in
silverpoint
Silverpoint (one of several types of metalpoint) is a traditional drawing technique and tool first used by medieval scribes on manuscripts.
History
A silverpoint drawing is made by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface, often prepared ...
on
paper
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by the Florentine painter
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested o ...
, housed in the
Royal Library of Turin
The Royal Library of Turin () is a library located within the ground floor of the Royal Palace of Turin, itself a World Heritage Site in Turin, Italy.
The library contains approximately 200,000 print volumes, 4,500 manuscripts, 3,055 drawings, ...
.
See also
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List of works by Leonardo da Vinci
The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists. Only around eight major works—'' The Adoration of the Magi'', '' Saint Jerome in the ...
References
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Portraits of women
Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
1480s drawings
Portraits by Italian artists
15th-century portraits