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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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)