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Elliott, Laura, date
Da Vinci’s tiger / L. M. Elliott. — First edition.
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Summary: In fifteenth-century Florence, the dashing Venetian ambassador commissions young Leonardo da Vinci to paint a portrait of his Platonic love, Ginevra de’ Benci, a well-educated, teenaged poet in a passionless marriage, propelling her into the world of art, politics, and romance, with all of its complications.
ISBN 978-0-06-074424-3 (hardcover)
EPub Edition © October 2015 ISBN 9780062231710
1. Benci, Ginevra de’, 1457–1521—Fiction. [1. Benci, Ginevra de’, 1457–1521—Fiction. 2. Courts and courtiers—Fiction. 3. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519—Fiction. 4. Bembo, Bernardo, 1433–1519—Fiction. 5. Medici, Lorenzo de’, 1449–1492—Fiction. 6. Milan (Italy)—History—To 1535—Fiction. 7. Italy—History—1268–1492—Fiction.] I. Title.
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