02042cam a2200361 i 4500 1214373034 TxAuBib 20240405120000.0 200916s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062993571 0062993577 (OCoLC)1153499670 TxAuBib rda Morelli, Laura, author. The Night Portrait : A Novel of World War II and Da Vinci's Italy / Laura Morelli. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] 455, 27 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands of a high-ranking Nazi leader, she risks her life to recover it, working with an American soldier, part of the famed Monuments Men team, to get it back. Two women, separated by 500 years, are swept up in the tide of history as one painting stands at the center of their quests for their own destinies. Includes bibliographical references. 20240405. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Fiction. Art treasures in war Europe History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Art and the war Fiction. Mistresses Fiction. Nobility Fiction. Italy History 15th century Fiction. Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft