"virtutem forma decorat'' 

La bellezza adorna la virtù.





Ritratto di Ginevra de' Benci, 1474-1478, 
Un’espressione impenetrabile
su un volto irrigidito
nella sua malinconica lontananza.

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Leonardo da Vinci , Florentine, (1452 - 1519)

Wreath of laurel, palm and juniper,with a scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], c. 1474-78.

Tempera on panel.

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Ginevra de' Benci (reverse: Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat), Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478, Florentine. National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC).

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2/2 On the back of Ginevra's portrait: laurel wreath, palm, sprig of juniper, and motto virtutem forma decorat (virtue adorns beauty). Her inner beauty as signified by Leonardo, whose day is today.

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will not only be making a comedy story, but also a dark SciFi concept for ::: ViRTUTEM. https://t.co/rEu9kAvDI4 will be making a SciFi visual story! The first SciFi from will be ViRTUTEM.

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