Leonardo da Vinci’s Head of a Woman (La Scapigliata), created between 1500 and 1505, is a small yet captivating work measuring 24.6 × 21 cm. Executed in oil, earth, and white lead pigments on poplar, the painting is now housed in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma. This unfinished portrayal of a young woman with loose, disheveled hair—hence the nickname La Scapigliata—is one of Leonardo’s most enigmatic and admired works.
