Object

Noblewoman's Portrait in Leonardo's Studio

An oil portrait on aged canvas depicting a fifteenth-century Florentine noblewoman, used as camoflauge backdrop in Tancredi's deception.

2 appearances

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2 moments

S17E7 · City of Death Part 3

Tancredi reveals himself as a splintered Jagaroth

A muted fifteenth-century portrait on aged canvas serves as a backdrop for Tancredi’s revelation of his Jagaroth identity. The Doctor uses it to defuse tension with commentary on Leonardo’s technique and timeline, turning art into a foil for cosmic horror. The portrait remains motionless and silent, a mute witness to the unfolding temporal conspiracy.

Before: Hanging on the studio wall as a genuine Leonardo study, its subject’s gaze obscured by dim light.

After: Unchanged, though now overshadowed by the revelation of temporal deception and the falsified note.

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S17E7 · City of Death Part 3

Doctor trapped by Tancredi's suspicion

The Portrait of a Lady silently witnesses the escalating deceit. Though central to the studio’s trappings, it becomes backdrop to Tancredi’s jagged revelations and the Doctor’s hurried forgeries. Its mute gaze underscores the clash between artful pretense and raw temporal desperation unfolding beneath its shadow.

Before: Fixed on the wall, illuminated by flickering studio lamps.

After: Unaltered, though its frame bears the creases of Tancredi’s pacing and the Doctor’s hurried brushwork nearby.

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