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Looking for Leonardo

"The turbaned officer possesses the same self-awareness and psychological intensity as the warrior in Leonardo's drawing [Head of a Warrior, c. 1475]," writes Radke, who notes the sagging skin in both is more realistically time-ravaged than in Verrocchio's work.

Museo Dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Photo: Antonio Quattrone, 2009 / British Museum, London, UK / Bridgeman Art Library

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