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Portrait of a Woman

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Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1490
Accession number
26.89
Maker
Domenico Ghirlandaio(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1449–1494)
Former
Bastiano Mainardi(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1466–1513)
Dimensions
20 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (51.8 × 39.7 cm.) without painted border: 19 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (48.9 × 36.8 cm.) frame: 31 × 26 3/8 × 4 7/8 in. (78.7 × 67 × 12.4 cm.)
Medium
tempera on panel
Description
A portrait of a Renaissance woman in modest but refined attire of typical Florentine fashion.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Department
European Art
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View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
The profile view of the female sitter allowed the artist to concentrate on the elaborate styling of her hair, coiled and wrapped decoratively with a cord. He placed the dark column behind her to set off the delicate shape of her face in silhouette. The objects in the cupboard to the right, rendered with remarkable precision, are probably intended as symbols of her virtue and refinement.

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