[MR] new exhibit coming to the smithsonian

[Karen]

Lady Orlaith wrote:

> Virtue & Beauty 
> The Renaissance Image of the Ideal Woman 
>  
> “Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de'Benci and
> Renaissance Portraits of Women"—opens at the National
> Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on September 30.
> The show, which is on view through January 6, 2002,
> tracks the phenomenal rise and evolution of female
> portraiture in Florence from c. 1440 to c. 1540 and
> provides insight into the social role of women during
> that time.


There's additional online information at
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vbinfo.htm as well ... :)

Karen

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