Work / monument · artifact

Ginevra de' Benci

c. 1474–1478 · 15th century

Ginevra de' Benci is a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci of a young Florentine noblewoman, painted around 1474–1478. Long in the collection of the princes of Liechtenstein, it was sold in 1967 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the only painting by Leonardo in the Americas.

Ginevra de' Benci
Image: Leonardo da Vinci · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ginevra de' Benci. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ginevra-de-benci
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The Epoch Institute. “Ginevra de' Benci.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ginevra-de-benci.
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