Caricature Of A Bald Old Man
Leonardo da Vinci
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London
British Museum
The British Museum holds 3 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.
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About the British Museum’s Renaissance and Baroque collection
The British Museum’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in London sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 3 paintings — span the themes of daily life and the hands of artists from Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in British Museum’s longer history.