Ginevra de' Benci
Leonardo da Vinci · c. 1476
The story
Ginevra de' Benci is a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the 15th-century Florentine aristocrat Ginevra de' Benci. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. US from Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein in February 1967 for a record price for a painting of between $5 and $6 million. It is the only painting by Leonardo on public view in the Americas.
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Date
- c. 1476
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
- Movement
- Florentine Renaissance art, Early Renaissance
- Medium
- oil paint, panel
- Size
- 38.8 × 36.7 cm
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