S. Arlent Edwards (engraver)
La Belle Ferroniere
Color Printed Mezzotint, Finished by Hand
Signed and Inscribed by Engraver in Pencil Lower Margin
London: c. 1900
20 x 16.5 inches, overall
14.75 x 12.25 inches, image
Red Tag Price: $250
La Belle Ferroniere
after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1900
after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1900
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) (after)
S. Arlent Edwards (engraver)
La Belle Ferroniere
Color Printed Mezzotint, Finished by Hand
Signed and Inscribed by Engraver in Pencil Lower Margin
London: c. 1900
20 x 16.5 inches, overall
14.75 x 12.25 inches, image
Red Tag Price: $250
S. Arlent Edwards (engraver)
La Belle Ferroniere
Color Printed Mezzotint, Finished by Hand
Signed and Inscribed by Engraver in Pencil Lower Margin
London: c. 1900
20 x 16.5 inches, overall
14.75 x 12.25 inches, image
Red Tag Price: $250
Mezzotint engraving of a portrait painting in the Louvre by Leonardo Da Vinci. Some scholars think she is Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Duke Ludovico Sforza; another, less accepted, view is that this painting is Isabella of Aragon. Done around 1495, this painting takes its name from the ferroniere the sitter wears around her brow, a common Lombard fashion. In the 19th century, this work was much admired and widely copied.
Condition: Generally very good with the usual light toning, soiling, soft creases. Upper right corner has minor loss and the upper left corner with small hard creases, both easily matted out.