Comments | operafantomet: GINEVRA DE' BENCI

operafantomet

GINEVRA DE' BENCI

Aug 27, 2005 21:27

I often find myself puzzled by this portrait. Not only because I am a huge Leonardo da Vinci fan - it's the lacing of her dress. One thing is that I've stumbled across this version twice - showing more of the lacing and dress than 99% of the other prints I've seen. There is a rather obvious fold (and also colour difference?) viewable where it's ( Read more... )

washington, florentine, leonardo da vinci

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myralea August 28 2005, 12:25:33 UTC

my only comment is probably not very helpful but anyway ( ... )

operafantomet August 29 2005, 00:52:37 UTC

You have many good points. I've written an email to the museum owning the portrait, so I hope for them to clarify the matter. Curiously enough, this is how much is showed of the lacing in the version they've posted online ( ... )

yummyone September 6 2005, 12:57:56 UTC

Hey. I realize that I'm quite late answering this... but I'm going to be in Washington in the next few weeks doing the tourist thing. I will try very hard to get into the museum and take a look, and note anything that I can see in person. I'm assuming no cameras (I've never been in a 'real' art gallery before'), but I will see what I can do :)

I know very little about fashion in that era, but from what little I know about lacing, I agree it doesn't make sense.

We shall see! (eerr or maybe I will :P)

textileowl September 14 2005, 18:57:05 UTC

I've been rummaging around the costuming people's lj's and noticed this post. It would seem to me that it is spiral lacing...though most people would have compensated for the pulling of the gown upward as seen in the painting by making the neckline uneven so that it does line up when laced together. Other than that ..I don't know why the dress was done that way. My two cents while passing through