Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Ginevra de’ Benci (Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci) c.1474–1478 Oil on panel 38.1 x 37 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This square portrait shows the head and shoulders of a young woman in front…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 49.5 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg One of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci combined the talents of artist and scientist, inventor…
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(1478–1529) Baldassarre Castiglione in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Baldassarre Castiglione 1514–1515 Musée du Louvre, Paris Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione c.1525 National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin See also: • Diplomats | Humanists | Poets | Writers