Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 'La Belle Ferronniere', portrait painting in oil on panel, circa 1496

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A lady of the court is depicted in this 15th-century portrait. During a 1709 inventory of the paintings possessed by the then French King Francis I, she was mistakenly titled "La Belle Ferronnière", ('Ferronnière' being the wife or daughter of an ironmonger).

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Size: 4410px × 6397px
Photo credit: © ICP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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