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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ginevra de’ Benci (Florentine noblewoman) | 1 |
| Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci Context triple: [National Gallery of Art, notableWorkInCollection, Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci]
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Target entity: Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci Target entity description: 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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A.
Claude
Claude is a given name most famously associated with Claude Shannon, the American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the father of information theory.
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B.
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David is a renowned 1787 Neoclassical painting that dramatically depicts the philosopher Socrates calmly preparing to drink hemlock as a symbol of moral integrity and devotion to reason.
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C.
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
"Madame X" is an 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its striking depiction of socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and for the scandal it caused in Parisian society upon its first exhibition.
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D.
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a 17th-century Dutch painter renowned for his masterful use of light and color in intimate domestic interior scenes such as "Girl with a Pearl Earring."
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E.
Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance painting
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painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| artForm | panel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod |
Renaissance
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surface form:
Italian Renaissance
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| artHistoricalSchool | Florentine school ⓘ |
| artTechnique |
oil painting
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subtle sfumato modeling ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | rectangular panel ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery of Art
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surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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| commissionedIn | Florence ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important work in the development of Renaissance portrait painting
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masterpiece of early Leonardo portraiture ⓘ |
| currentStatus | extant ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1470s ⓘ |
| depicts |
Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| hasInscription | “VIRTUTEM FORMA DECORAT” ⓘ |
| hasPart | painted reverse side with emblem and motto ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
chiaroscuro modeling
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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
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surface form:
Early Renaissance
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| museum |
National Gallery of Art
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| 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)
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laurel and palm on reverse (virtue and poetic talent) ⓘ |
| width | 36.7 cm ⓘ |
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Subject: Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci Description of subject: 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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