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LEONARDO da Vinci: La belle Ferronière

🖼 La belle Ferronière, c. 1490
Oil on panel
63 × 45 cm
Paris, France

Soft modeling defines a woman's luminous face, her gaze distant and serene against dark shadow. Leonardo's sfumato technique creates an intimate portrait of mysterious elegance, establishing the Renaissance ideal of feminine beauty and psychological depth that influenced portraiture for centuries.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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