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A concise guide to key paintings in a major national museum, organized by country, school, and period from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It pairs fifty color plates with brief critical essays and descriptions that address attribution, dating, technique, dimensions, and composition, often revising official cataloguing. Illustrations span Italian, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish, German, and French schools and include practical information for visitors and the nomenclature conventions used by the authors.

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Title: The Louvre: Fifty Plates in Colour

Author: Paul G. Konody

Maurice W. Brockwell

Editor: T. Leman Hare

Release date: November 13, 2020 [eBook #63719]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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PLATE IV.—LEONARDO DA VINCI
(1452–1519)
FLORENTINE SCHOOL
No. 1601.—PORTRAIT OF MONA LISA
(La Joconde)

The portrait of Lisa di Anton Maria di Noldo Gherardini, third wife of Francesco di Bartolommeo de Zenobi del Giocondo. She is seated in a chair on which her left arm rests, her right hand superposed on the left. She is turned three-quarters to her right. Her hair, divided in the centre and seen under a transparent veil, falls in curls on her shoulders; her dark almond-shaped eyes look out at the spectator; the mouth is smiling. She wears a dark-green dress with golden-brown sleeves; a dark cloak is draped over her shoulders. The background is formed by a mountainous landscape full of incident.

Painted in tempera on panel, and restored in oil.

2 ft. 6½ in. × 1 ft. 9 in. (0·79 × 0·53.)

THE LOUVRE:
FIFTY  PLATES  IN  COLOUR

By  PAUL  G.  KONODY
AND
MAURICE  W.  BROCKWELL
JOINT-AUTHORS OF “THE NATIONAL GALLERY: ONE HUNDRED PLATES IN COLOUR”
Editor: T.  LEMAN  HARE
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