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Red Cloud
Portrait of Charles II of Savoy known as the Good
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Madonna and Child
The children of Charles I of England
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
The archangel Gabriel and Tobias
Bas-relief with a garland of flowers and fruit
Madonna and Child
The three archangels and Tobias
the return of the prodigal son
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Madonna and Child
Trinity
Stigmata of St. Francis
The vanity of human life
Portrait of an Old Man
Annunciation
Venus
Bust of Minerva
Bust - manly portrait
Psykter di Euthymides
Plate decorated with ribbons and nets
Canteen bowl
Ingot Blade Kit
Landscape relief known as of Polyphemus and Galatea
Colombine ointment
Signpost
Fibulae with disc bracket
Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy
Madona with Child
Story of Aeneas and Dido
The family of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
Holy family with San Giovannino
The Sacra di San Michele
The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem
Table tureen
Rotisserie
Coffee cup
Kanjar (pug)
Japanese armor of the Do-Maru type
Parade plaque of Henry II of France
Corsaletto
Horse headboard
Portrait of a young girl
Self portrait
Male head
Naked young man next to an old oriental dress
Young man study
Pisces album
Fish album
Fish album
Bird album
Flower album

Portrait of a young girl

Leonardo da Vinci

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Royal Museums Turin

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For scholars, this work is an example of Leonardo's experiments on the theme of the so-called shoulder portrait, with the view from the back and the face turned towards the observer, the result of the teachings of Leonardo's master, Andrea del Verrocchio, on how to portray a figure in motion, taking it from various points of view. Dating from around 1483-1485, it is probably a preparatory study for the Angel of the Virgin of the Rocks, a pictorial work whose first version is kept in the Louvre in Paris, the second in the National Gallery in London. The drawing has also been identified with Cecilia Gallerani, the young woman loved by Ludovico Sforza and represented in the painting preserved in Krakow, The Lady with an Ermine. In 1952, on the occasion of the fifth centenary of Leonardo's birth, the American art historian Bernard Berenson called the portrait the most beautiful drawing in the world.
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Title: Portrait of a young girl

Author: Leonardo da Vinci

Date: 1483 - 1485

Technique: Metallic tip and white lead

Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin

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