Giuliano Bugiardini about 1506-1510
Oil on panel, 65 x 48 cm
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi
Portrait of a Woman, known as The Nun was first attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Ferdinando III of Lorrain, Grand Duke of Tuscany, bought the picture in 1819 as a masterwork by Leonardo. In the 19th century the portrait was known as Leonardo’s Nun.