Who was Ginevra de' Benci? : Leonardo's portrait and its sitter recontextualized

Author

Garrard, Mary D.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artibus et historiae. 2006, Num. 53, Vol. 27, 23-56, 261, 20 ill. (6 col.)

ISSN

0391-9064

Abstract (en)

Hoping to amend recent scholarship such as the identified (patronizing, misleading, and limiting) categorization of women in the Virtue and beauty exhibition at the National Gallery (Washington, DC), pursues a more thorough, individualized account of Ginevra de' Benci as an historical figure. Asks if and how Ginevra may have influenced the departures from convention in format (the three-quarter view of a female face) and style (the integration of female figure with the natural landscape) of her portrait (here dated ca.1473-1475; Washington, DC, National Gallery). Considers likely (though uncertain and heavily debated) commission details such as dating, commemorative function, the possible patronage of diplomat Bernardo Bembo, and the nascent development of the young noblewoman's voice in the social environment of Renaissance Florence.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Italy
• Painting
• 1400-1600
• Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci
• Dating
• Function
• Commemorations
• Patronage
• Bembo, Bernardo, 1433-1519
• Diplomats
• Firenze (ITA)
• Renaissance
• Frontality
• Format
• Landscape
• Nature
• Scholarship
• Women
• Virtues
• Beauty (attribute)
• Beauty (concept)
• Benci, Ginevra de', 1457-1521
• Models (human figures)
• Portraits
• Social life
• Nobility

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Italie
• Peinture
• 1400-1600
• Portrait de Ginevra de' Benci
• Datation
• Fonction
• Commémoration
• Mécénat
• Bembo, Bernardo, 1433-1519
• Diplomates
• Firenze (ITA)
• Renaissance
• Frontalité
• Format
• Paysage
• Nature
• Erudition
• Femmes
• Vertus
• Beauté
• Beau, Le
• Benci, Ginevra de', 1457-1521
• Modèle (personne)
• Portrait
• Vie mondaine
• Noblesse

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00025076

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