Portrait of a Young Woman
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)
ca. 1490–1500
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
23 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (58.7 x 40 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, 1943
Accession Number
43.86.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) · 1456–1536
**Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d’Andrea d’Oderigo, c. 1456/59–1537)** was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose career unfolded almost entirely in Florence. Born to a goldsmith father, he trained in the prestigious workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, where he is first documented around 1480–81. He quickly rose to become Verrocchio’s principal assistant, running the studio during the master...