La Bella Principessa, also known as Portrait of Bianca Sforza, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink on vellum depicting a young woman in the fashionable costume and hairstyle of a Milanese lady of the 1490s. Some scholars have attributed the work to Leonardo da Vinci, though the attribution and the work's authenticity have been disputed. Supporters of the Leonardo attribution have proposed that the sitter is Bianca Giovanna Sforza, an illegitimate daughter of Ludovico Sforza. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created MediumColoured chalks and ink on vellum 1 LocationPrivate collection, secret location in Switzerland 1 Connections
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coloured chalks and ink, on vellum
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remains locked in a vault in a secret Swiss location
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Supporters of the theory that it was by Leonardo have proposed that Bianca Giovanna Sforza, illegitimate daughter of Ludovico Sforza is the woman depicted in the drawing.
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La Bella Principessa (English: "The Beautiful Princess"), also known as Portrait of Bianca Sforza, Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress and Portrait of a Young Fiancée, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink, on vellum, of
Created By: Leonardo da Vinci, lead paragraph
La Bella Principessa (English: "The Beautiful Princess"), also known as Portrait of Bianca Sforza, Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress and Portrait of a Young Fiancée, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink, on vellum, of
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