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Léonard de Vinci
(15th Apr, 1452 - 2nd May, 1519)
La Belle Ferronnière
15th century AD
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado
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Italian Renaissance
Renaissance costume
chain (necklace)
portrait of a woman
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About the artwork
Title:
La Belle Ferronnière
Periods:
15th century
renaissance
XVth century
Techniques:
oil on wood
Dimensions:
630 x 450
Inventory number:
INV778
Detail:
painting by Leonardo da Vinci (Louvre INV 778)
Location:
musée du Louvre
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
La belle ferronnière
is a portrait of a woman, usually attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, in the Louvre. It is also known as
Portrait of an Unknown Woman.
The painting's title, applied as early as the seventeenth century, identifying the sitter as the wife or daughter of an ironmonger (a
ferronnier
), was said to be discreetly alluding to a reputed mistress of Francis I of France, married to a certain Le Ferron. The tale is a romantic legend of revenge in which the aggrieved husband intentionally…
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About the author(s)
Author:
Léonard de Vinci
Also known as:
Leonardo
da Vinci
Leonardo de Vinza
Lionardo
Leonardo d'Avinci
Леонардо
Leonardo da Vince
Liyūnārdū Dāvīnshī
Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinchi
Leonardo D'Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo De Vinci
Léonardo de Vinci
da Vinci Leonardo
Leonard Davincy
Born:
15th Apr, 1452
Dead:
2nd May, 1519
Country:
République florentine
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
(Italian:
[leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi]
), more commonly
Leonardo da Vinci
or simply
Leonardo
(15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely…
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