La Belle Ferronière
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| La belle ferronière |
| Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, 1490-1496 |
| Oil on wood |
| 62 × 44 cm |
| Louvre, Paris |
La belle ferronière is the name used for two Renaissance portrait paintings. The painting thought to be of Lucrezia Crivelli and attributed to Leonardo da Vinci is sometimes known as Portrait of an Unknown Woman, and the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani by da Vinci is often called Lady with an Ermine.
The painting's name stems from ferronière -- a jewel held to the forehead by a chain worn by women in France and Italy in the 16th century to hide the syphilitic lesions.
Bernardino de'Conti or Boltraffio may have painted the Unknown Woman portrait. The painting is located in the Louvre museum in Paris, France. The painting was briefly featured in the opening sequence of the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code.
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