File:Leonardo da Vinci - Self-Portrait - WGA12798.jpg

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Alternative names	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman, inventor and writer
Date of birth/death	15 April 1452	2 May 1519
Location of birth/death	Vinci near Florence, Tuscany	Clos Lucé, France
Work period	from 1466 until 1519
Work location	Florence (1466–1482), Milan (1483–1499), Mantua (1499), Venice (1500), Florence (1500–1506), Milan (1506–1513), Florence (1507–1508), Rome (1513–1516), Amboise (1513–1518)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Self-portrait

Date

circa 1512

Medium

red chalk on paper

Dimensions

Height: 333 mm (13.11 in). Width: 213 mm (8.39 in).

Current location

Biblioteca Reale, Turin
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LEONARDO da Vinci

(b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise)

Self-Portrait c. 1512 Red chalk on paper, 333 x 213 mm Biblioteca Reale, Turin

A hand-written note from the 16th century titles the drawing "Leonardus Vincius (in red chalk) self-portrait at an advanced age (in charcoal)," so that its interpretation as Leonardo's self-portrait during the last years of his life is generally accepted nowadays. It is reminiscent of Gianpaolo Lomazzo's words from the late 16th century:

"Leonardo's hair and beard were so long, and his eyebrows were so bushy, that he appeared to be the sheer idea of noble wisdom." In stylistic terms, however, including the use of parallel hatchings, the drawing could date from before 1500, which would mean that this could not be a self-portrait.

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Author: LEONARDO da Vinci Title: Self-Portrait Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: graphics

Type: portrait

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