Published December 6, 2011 | Version v1
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Portraits of Leonardo Da Vinci

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  • 1. Politecnico di Torino

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Using image processing, a portrait of a young man, probably a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, is restored. Merging this portrait with the self-portrait in red chalk, we can have the features of a middle-aged Leonardo. This digital portrait can be compared with the image of Plato, depicted by Raphael in the Scuola di Atene, generally considered as a portrait of Leonardo. Here we propose discussion and comparison of these two images.

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The full citation for this Article is: Sparavigna, A. C. (2011). Portraits of Leonardo Da Vinci. Archaeogate, 6 Dicembre 2011 ISSN 1973-2953. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1169308

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