[Two deformed heads] [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci inu.

[Two deformed heads] [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci inu.

[State 2 of 2].

[Amsterdam?] : [Carel Allard?], [between 1689 and 1707?]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 95 x 144 mm

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"On right, a woman with protruding forehead and mouth and snub nose. Her hair is fastened by a cloth that hangs down behind. On left, a man with prominent lower jaw and wearing a cap that has a long narrow lapel falling over his right ear." --Pennington.

Title from Pennington.

State from New Hollstein.

Numbered "6" in plate, lower right corner.

According to New Hollstein, from a group of etchings of Leonardo drawings formerly in the Arundel Collection entitled Varie figurae; first published in Antwerp in 1645, subsequently published in Amsterdam by Carel Allard (date unknown) with numbering seen in this state added, then another publisher (name and date unknown).

Date based on Allard being active in Amsterdam "op den Dam in de Kaart Winckel" between 1689 and 1707 (British Museum collection database, accessed 2011-12-30).

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1597
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 749

Netherlands -- Amsterdam.

ART 248- 115 (size XS)

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