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image of Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forum Decorat [reverse]
Leonardo da Vinci (artist)
Italian, 1452 - 1519
Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forum Decorat [reverse], c. 1474/1478
tempera on panel
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 (with addition at bottom edge): 42.7 x 37 cm (16 13/16 x 14 9/16 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.b
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From the Tour: Portrait Painting in Florence in the Later 1400s
Object 2 of 6

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across bottom on scroll, the beginning of a hexameter: VIRTVTEM FOR/MA DECORAT (She adorns her virtue with beauty)

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