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Leonardo da Vinci

The Head of a Grotesque Man in Profile Facing Right

after 1500
Pen and brown ink, on off-white paper (now darkened)
9.2 × 5.4 cm (3.6 × 2.1 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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