Saturday, May 21, 2011

Ginevra de' Benci by Leonardo da Vinci

This beautiful lady is Ginevra de' Benci who on this occasion was painted by the renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci in 1474 to commemorate her marriage at 16 to Luigi di Bernardo Niccolini? The painting was acquired in 1967 for The National Gallery of Art in Washington and is the only da Vinci in the America's.

The lower part of the painting has been trimmed possibly losing her hands in the process. On the back is a decorative inscription reading "VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT".


"Beauty adorns virtue"
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