Leonardo da vinci – lady with an ermine

The piece I’d never part with

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Henrietta was acquired in 1961 from the private collection of Henrietta Garnett, the granddaughter of Vanessa Bell. Vanessa would have been 76 when she painted the ten-year-old girl at Charleston farm

Laura Knight with model, Ella Louise Naper

Henrietta was acquired in 1961 from the private collection of Henrietta Garnett, the granddaughter of Vanessa Bell. Vanessa would have been 76 when she painted the ten-year-old girl at Charleston farm

Artsy’s editor-in-chief and director of content Casey Lesser on the French artist who finds poetry in the everyday