Head of Judas
Leonardo da Vinci
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Alternative Title
Bust of Man in Three-Quarter View Facing to the Right
Date
1490-1500Description
Leonardo did not conceive of Judas as facially repulsive, but subsequent copyists of the head and later restorers of the mural exaggerated the stereotypical semitic/criminal features of Judas to an increasingly grotesque degree, hooking his nose down almost to meet his chin. The head in this drawing registers mild surprise rather than evil intent. While the modelling is handled with great subtlety, the outlines of the profile may well have been strengthened by a later hand. full view
Type of Work
Drawing (visual work)Subject
Judas Iscariot, Men -- Portraits, Drawing, Italian, Drawing --16th century, Manuscripts, Italian, Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Item is Part of
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