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image of Ginevra de' Benci [obverse]
Leonardo da Vinci (artist)
Italian, 1452 - 1519
Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478
oil on panel
Overall (with addition at bottom edge): 42.7 x 37 cm (16 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.) overall (original panel only): 38.1 x 37 cm (15 x 14 9/16 in.) overall (thickness of original panel): 1.1 cm (7/16 in.) overall (thickness of addition at bottom edge): 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) framed: 59.7 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm (23 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
1967.6.1.a
From the Tour: Portrait Painting in Florence in the Later 1400s
Object 1 of 6
1967Walker, John. "Ginevra de'Benci by Leonardo da Vinci." Studies in the History of Art (1967-68):1-38.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 65, repro.
1969Brachert, Thomas. "A Distinctive Aspect in the Painting Technique of the Ginevra de'Benci and of Leonardo's Early Works." Studies in the History of Art (1969-70):84-104, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 192, repro.
1978King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 23, pl. 3 and 4.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:251-255, II:pl. 171, 171A
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 33, pl. 16, color repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 98, no. 63, color repro., 101.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 226, repro.
1991Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992: no. 169, repro. (the painting was not in the exhibition).
1991Gibson, Eric. "Leonardo's 'Ginevra de' Benci:' The restoration of a renaissance masterpiece." Apollo (March 1991):161+
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 20, repro.
1992Bull, David. "Two Portraits by Leonardo: Ginevra de'Benci and the Lady with an Ermine." Artibus et Historiae 25 (1992): 67-83, repro.
1997Goffen, Rona. Titian's Women, 1997, no. 31, repro.
1998Hohenstatt, Peter. Leonardo da Vinci: 1452-1519. Germany, 1998: 28, 32, repros.
2003Boskovits, Miklós, and David Alan Brown, et al. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 2003: 357-369, color repro.

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