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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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Louvre: Fifty Plates in Colour, by Paul G. (Paul George) Konody and Maurice W. Brockwell, Edited by T. Leman Hare
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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.)