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...dark tree behind her--a juniper, ginevra in the Italian of the day, her given name. Then, on the back of the panel, is the explanatory inscription. A branch of laurel and a palm frond--for glory and virtue--enclose a twig of juniper, with the inscription "Virtutem forma decorat" (Beauty adorns virtue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: When Beauty Was Virtue | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...period frame specially adapted for it by Manhattan Framemaker Robert Kulicke (who charged $1,240 for 62 hours' work). Visitors could observe both the 151-in. by 141-in. portrait and the juniper-and-laurel device on the reverse side of its wooden panel, inscribed with a scroll: Virtutem Forma Decorat (Beauty Enhances Virtue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Enhanced Beauty | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...Claram virtutem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AD MANUELAM. | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

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