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Ginevra's Story : Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait

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Editors, Michael Crozier, Jim Wright ; music, William Kidd.
Originally produced in 1999.
Release date: Dec. 22, 2009.
Narrated in English by Meryl Streep and in Italian by Isabella Rossellini.
Commentators: David Bull, David Alan Brown, Martin Kemp, Mario Modestini, and Alexi Bryant.
Learn the stories behind Ginevra de Benci, the woman behind the first known portrait of artist Leonardo da Vinci, and get answers to questions such as why it was painted on both sides, why it was cut down, and why it was sealed in a wine cellar. Uses X-ray analysis, infrared reflectography, and computer technology.
DVD; NTSC (English side) and PAL (Italian side).

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
San Francisco, CA : Microcinema International, [2009]
Year Published: 2009
Description: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Swann, Christopher.
Somerset-Ward, Richard.
Streep, Meryl.
Rossellini, Isabella.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Microcinema, Inc.

SUBJECTS
Leonardo, -- da Vinci, -- 1452-1519.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.