DrawingsItalian15th-16th century

Two Grotesque Heads

15th-16th century

Artists

Leonardo da VinciArtist

Francesco MelziArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 5.7 x 9.7 cm (2 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)

Provenance

The Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire, sold [through Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1917 as part of lot 466]; to Bacri Frères, Paris, France, sold; to Edward Fowles, New York, NY, 1924, bequest; to Jean Fowles (his wife), New York, NY, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

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