Comparisons Leonardo: Isabella d’Este, portrait drawing (sketch). Photo: The Louvre Museum.Face in profile and shoulders turned three-quarters toward the viewer. Leonardo: Man wearing a laurel wreath. Photo: The Royal Library, Turin.Roman emperor types appear a few times in Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, according to experts and scholars.Click for overlay images Leonardo: Profile of a warrior in helmet, drawing. Photo: The British Museum.Face in profile. Perhaps a masquerader?Click for overlay images Historical research Home