Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
Medium
Tempera on wood
Dimensions
Overall 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (50.2 x 37.1 cm); painted surface 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (48.6 x 35.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.96
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Art Historical Context
This striking profile portrait, painted in tempera on wood around 1494, captures the refined elegance of late fifteenth-century Italian Renaissance portraiture. Attributed to the anonymous Maestro delle Storie del Pane—an artist named for a distinctive cycle of bread-related scenes—the work follows the era’s fashionable profile format, inspired by ancient Roman coins and medals. The format allowed painters to emphasize a sitter’s dignity and lineage through crisp contours and carefully observed details of costume and adornment. The painting may depict Ginevra d’Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, a wom...