The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right

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Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
Date: 1510–13
Medium: Black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with some traces of white chalk (?); some remains of framing lines in pen and brown ink at upper right (not by Leonardo)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
Accession no.: 51.90

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019356
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023686

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.