Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci

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Renaissance painting painting portrait painting

Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci is a renowned early Renaissance portrait painting celebrated as one of Leonardo’s earliest surviving works and a masterpiece of subtle psychological characterization.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman)	1
Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ
artForm	panel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
artHistoricalSchool	Florentine school ⓘ
artTechnique	oil painting ⓘ subtle sfumato modeling ⓘ
artworkSurface	rectangular panel ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
collection	National Gallery of Art ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
commissionedIn	Florence ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important work in the development of Renaissance portrait painting ⓘ masterpiece of early Leonardo portraiture ⓘ
currentStatus	extant ⓘ
dateOfCreation	1470s ⓘ
depicts	Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman)
features	juniper bush behind sitter ⓘ landscape background ⓘ three-quarter view portrait ⓘ
genre	portrait ⓘ
hasInscription	“VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT” ⓘ
hasPart	painted reverse side with emblem and motto ⓘ
hasStyle	chiaroscuro modeling ⓘ naturalistic ⓘ
height	38.8 cm ⓘ
inception	c. 1474–1478 ⓘ
inscriptionTranslation	“Beauty adorns virtue” ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Latin ⓘ
location	National Gallery of Art ⓘ
medium	oil on panel ⓘ
movement	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Early Renaissance
museum	National Gallery of Art ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Art (West Building)
notableFor	early example of psychological characterization in portraiture ⓘ innovative integration of sitter and landscape ⓘ one of Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest surviving paintings ⓘ
orientation	vertical ⓘ
originalLocation	Florence ⓘ
reverseDepicts	wreath of laurel, palm, and juniper ⓘ
reverseInscription	“VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT” on cartellino ⓘ
subjectGender	female ⓘ
support	wood panel ⓘ
symbolism	juniper (allusion to Ginevra’s name) ⓘ laurel and palm on reverse (virtue and poetic talent) ⓘ
width	36.7 cm ⓘ

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National Gallery of Art → notableWorkInCollection → Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ

Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci → depicts → Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Ginevra de’ Benci

this entity surface form: Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman)