Why Did da Vinci Paint a Portrait of This 16-Year-Old Girl?
From Adam Savage’s Tested.
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Adam Savage visits the @NationalGalleryofArtUS in Washington, D.C., to get an up-close look at the only Leonardo da Vinci painting on public display in the Americas: the extraordinary portrait of 16-year-old Ginevra de' Benci. Alongside curator and head of Italian and Spanish paintings Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Adam inspects the incredible brushwork, visible fingerprints and mysterious emblem painted on the back of the panel, and learns about the odd circumstances that led to this 550-year-old portrait as well as its clandestine journey to Washington, D.C. via ... unusual means. What do YOU think Ginevra's facial expression is communicating?
National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/
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More about Ginevra de' Benci: https://www.nga.gov/artworks/50724-ginevra-de-benci-obverse
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Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
Produced by Kristen Lomasney
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00:00 - America's only Leonardo da Vinci painting
01:10 - Psychology of the 3/4 angle portrait
02:20 - Who was Ginevra de' Benci?
03:00 - Juniper bush symbolism
04:21 - Secretly transporting a Da Vinci
05:45 - Leonardo’s fingerprints
07:05 - Mysterious Latin motto
07:50 - Commission mystery
09:02 - A rare double-sided painted panel
09:33 - Was the painting cut down?
10:42 - Fine filigree and brushwork details
11:36 - Personality of Ginevra de' Benci
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Thanks for watching!
National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/
Visit the NGA: https://www.nga.gov/visit
More about Ginevra de' Benci: https://www.nga.gov/artworks/50724-ginevra-de-benci-obverse
Follow NGA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
More Adam visiting museums: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAejAaw7ZSM9gxwo-zrkzMwld
Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
Produced by Kristen Lomasney
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00:00 - America's only Leonardo da Vinci painting
01:10 - Psychology of the 3/4 angle portrait
02:20 - Who was Ginevra de' Benci?
03:00 - Juniper bush symbolism
04:21 - Secretly transporting a Da Vinci
05:45 - Leonardo’s fingerprints
07:05 - Mysterious Latin motto
07:50 - Commission mystery
09:02 - A rare double-sided painted panel
09:33 - Was the painting cut down?
10:42 - Fine filigree and brushwork details
11:36 - Personality of Ginevra de' Benci
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Thanks for watching!
