Ginevra de benci biography template

Ginevra de' Benci (–) was a member of the Benci family in Florence and is the subject of an early portrait by Leonardo da Vinci Ginevra was born into a family of wealthy Florentine merchants in The Benci had business dealings with the Medici and were noted humanists themselves, patronizing artists and writers and creating an important library of classical texts.

In she married Luigi de Bernardo Niccolini. Bernardo Bembo, Lorenzo de' Medici, Alessandro Braccesi, and Christoforo Landino dedicated poems to her.