Ginevra de' Benci by Leonardo da Vinci, 1476
The juniper behind her is supposedly a pun — 'ginepro' is Italian for juniper, so it doubles as a nod to her name. It's also, they say, the only Leonardo painting on public display anywhere in the Americas, part of why it made headlines when a museum bought it for a record sum in the 1960s.
Erisava: She looks like she'd rather be anywhere else. What's your take?
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