Head of a Man Facing to the Left
by LEONARDO da Vinci, Pen and brown ink over charcoal, 120 x 50 mm
With few exceptions, Leonardo’s many head studies are not portraits of individuals but rather representations of types. The present drawing is an example of one such type which occurs in a number of his drawings - the once heroic, now aging, mature man. The irregular contours indicate that the sheet has been cut down and is possibly fragmentary.