Portrait of a Young Woman
c. 1508
Medium
oil on poplar panel
Dimensions
painted surface: 58.1 x 43.2 cm (22 7/8 x 17 in.) overall: 60 x 45 cm (23 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) framed: 75.6 x 59.7 x 8.3 cm (29 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1939.1.353
Art Historical Context
Behold the elegant *Portrait of a Young Woman by Girolamo divenuto, a Sienese master active in the early 16th. Painted around 1508 in oil on poplar panel medium favored in Renaissance Italy for its smooth surface and durability—this intimate work measures just 58.1 x 43.2 cm, it was a private commission for a prosperous patron, perhaps to commemorate a bride or noble daughter. Girolamo divenuto, son of the painter Benvenuto di Giovanni, embodied Siena's distinctive Renaissance style, blending Florentine naturalism with the city's lingering Gothic grace and decorative finesse. Siena, a proud r...