National Geographic Photo of the Day: September 20th of 2015

September 20, 2015

“La Fornarina on Pavement”

Photograph by Dmitry Butuzov, National Geographic Your Shot

A street artist re-creates Raphael’s “La Fornarina,” or “Portrait of a Young Woman,” in chalk on the sidewalks of Florence, a common canvas for serious and whimsical nods to the Italian masters. Margherita Luti, depicted in the portrait, was a baker’s daughter from Trastevere and mistress of the Renaissance painter. The original work is housed in Rome’s Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.