Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk

Portrait of an elderly man
The inscription at the bottom of the portrait, added by a later hand, reads: "Leonardo da Vinci, portrait of himself as an old man"[1]
Artist	Leonardo da Vinci
Year	c. 1512
Type	Red chalk on paper
Dimensions	33.3 cm × 21.6 cm (13.1 in × 8.5 in)
Location	Royal Library, Turin

The portrait of a man in red chalk (c. 1510) in the Royal Library of Turin is widely, though not universally, accepted as a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. It is thought that Leonardo da Vinci drew this self-portrait at about the age of 60. The portrait has been extensively reproduced and has become an iconic representation of Leonardo as a polymath or "Renaissance Man". Despite this, some historians and scholars disagree as to the true identity of the sitter.