![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
Leonardo da VinciItalian, 1452–1519Ginevra de' Benci [obverse]
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
National Gallery of Art
Room6 · West Building, Main FloorWashington, D.C., United States
On public display.
- Checked
- 5 hours ago
- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
Ginevra de' Benci is a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the 15th-century Florentine aristocrat Ginevra de' Benci (born c. 1458). It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. US from Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein in February 1967 for a record price for a painting of between $5 and $6 million. It is the only painting by Leonardo on public view in the Americas.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1967.6.1.a
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Leonardo da Vinci
The whole life1469–1482 · Workplace
Florence
1470–1477
Teacher: Andrea del Verrocchio
1472
Master of the Guild of Saint Luke
At twenty Leonardo qualified as a master in the Guild of Saint Luke, the guild of artists and doctors of medicine. Even after his father set him up in his own workshop, he went on working and living with Verrocchio.
1476
Charged with sodomy; the case is dismissed
Leonardo, aged twenty-four, and three other young men were charged with sodomy; the charges were dismissed for lack of evidence. It has been speculated that the Medici used their influence, since one of the accused, Lionardo de Tornabuoni, was related to Lorenzo de' Medici.
January 1478
An independent commission: an altarpiece for the Signoria
Leonardo received a commission for an altarpiece for the Chapel of Saint Bernard in the Palazzo della Signoria, Florence's town hall — a sign of his independence from Verrocchio's workshop. It was never completed.
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
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