TriArte - La Belle Ferronnière (Portrait of an Unknown Woman)

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Image of La Belle Ferronnière (Portrait of an Unknown Woman)

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School of
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian (1452 - 1519) Primary

La Belle Ferronnière (Portrait of an Unknown Woman)

Photogravure

Framed
26 in. x 20 1/2 in. (66.04 cm x 52.07 cm)

Bequest of M. Carey Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College, 1894-1922

Bryn Mawr College

Accession Number: W.216

Deanery.958 (Deanery Number)

Geography:

Europe, Italy

Classification:

Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Photomechanical Prints

Culture/Nationality: Italian

Collection: Deanery Collection

This print is a photogravure reproduction of "La Belle Ferronnière," an oil painting attributed to the school of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), painted in Milan between 1495 and 1499. The original painting is located in the Grande Galerie (Salle 5) of the Louvre, in Paris.

Numerous sepia reproductions of famous paintings, including this portrait, hung in the Deanery alongside original works of art. This work hung alongside other sepia prints in the Blue Room, including "Mona Lisa," a portrait of a Dutch lady, and an Italian "Madonna and Child."

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reproductions

Copies of art images, art objects, decorative arts, or other valued images or objects, made without intent to deceive; with regard to art images, it includes photographic reproductions. The term implies more precise and faithful imitation than does the term "copies (derivative objects)." Where the intent is to deceive, see "forgeries" or "counterfeits." For prints copying other two-dimensional works, typically dating from before the widespread use of photography, use "reproductive prints."
photogravures

Photomechanical prints produced by the process called photogravure, in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatints.".
portraits

Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness, usually including the face of the person. For representations intended to be anonymous, or of fictional or mythological characters, see "figures (representations)."

Bibliography List

The following Bibliography exist for this object:

Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1949 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1949
Page Number: 25
Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1954 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1954
Page Number: 93

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Deanery Collection

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