About This Book
AN UNCONVENTIONAL RENAISSANCE WOMAN.
A REVOLUTIONARY ARTIST.
A ROMANCE FOR THE AGES ...
Young, beautiful, and witty, Ginevro longs to take port in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence. But as the daughter of o wealthy family in a society dictated by men, she is trapped in an arranged marriage.
When charismatic Bernardo Bembo arrives in Florence, he introduces Ginevro to a dazzling circle of patrons, artists, and philosophers—a world of thought and conversation she has yearned for. She is attracted to the handsome newcomer, yet Ginevra remains conflicted about his attentions. Choosing her as his Platonic muse, Bembo commissions a portrait by a young Leonardo da Vinci. Posing for the brilliant painter inspires an intimate connection between them—one Ginevro only begins to understand. In a world of exquisite oft, elaborate feasts, and exhilarating jousts, she discovers romance, friendship, temptation, and o deadly bottle between powerful families.
Laura Malone Elliott delivers the stunning tole of Ginevro de' Benci, captured forever in Leonardo da Vinci's first portrait, a pointing that established the master as a force of artistic honesty and change.
