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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)

The bust of a man

c.1510

Red and black chalks on orange-red prepared paper | 22.2 x 15.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912556

Princess Augusta Sophia, George III’s second daughter, was not going to be outdone by her elder sister: in the same year that Princess Charlotte produced her study of Minerva,  Augusta Sophia mastered the art of etching to copy the work of none other than Leonardo da Vinci. She was clearly pleased with her version of this masterpiece, signing it twice with the monogram ‘AS’, once on the lower left and once on the lower right.

A drawing of the head and shoulders of an elderly man, his head turned in profile to the right, and his body three quarters to the right. He has thick curly hair, and a heavy neck and jaw. Early in his career Leonardo fixed on two standard male types, whLearning by copying is a standard teaching method, both in the eighteenth century and today. In this example Princess Augusta, the second daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte, has used a chalk drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) as the mode
Work by Leonardo da Vinci
Copy by Princess Augusta Sophia
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