Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci
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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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance painting
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painting → portrait painting → |
| artForm |
panel painting
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| artHistoricalPeriod |
Italian Renaissance
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| artHistoricalSchool |
Florentine school
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| artTechnique |
oil painting
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subtle sfumato modeling → |
| artworkSurface |
rectangular panel
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| city |
Washington, D.C.
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| collection |
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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| commissionedIn |
Florence
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| country |
United States
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| creator |
Leonardo da Vinci
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| culturalSignificance |
important work in the development of Renaissance portrait painting
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masterpiece of early Leonardo portraiture → |
| currentStatus |
extant
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| dateOfCreation |
1470s
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| depicts |
Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman)
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| features |
juniper bush behind sitter
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landscape background → three-quarter view portrait → |
| genre |
portrait
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| hasInscription |
“VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT”
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| hasPart |
painted reverse side with emblem and motto
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| hasStyle |
chiaroscuro modeling
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naturalistic → |
| height |
38.8 cm
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| inception |
c. 1474–1478
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| inscriptionTranslation |
“Beauty adorns virtue”
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| languageOfInscription |
Latin
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| location |
National Gallery of Art
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| medium |
oil on panel
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| movement |
Early Renaissance
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| museum |
National Gallery of Art (West Building)
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| notableFor |
early example of psychological characterization in portraiture
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innovative integration of sitter and landscape → one of Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest surviving paintings → |
| orientation |
vertical
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| originalLocation |
Florence
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| reverseDepicts |
wreath of laurel, palm, and juniper
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| reverseInscription |
“VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT” on cartellino
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| subjectGender |
female
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| support |
wood panel
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| symbolism |
juniper (allusion to Ginevra’s name)
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laurel and palm on reverse (virtue and poetic talent) → |
| width |
36.7 cm
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Ginevra de’ Benci
("Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman)")
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depicts |
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National Gallery of Art
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