| Profile Portrait of a Lady | |
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| Year | c. 1410 |
| Dimensions | 52 cm (20 in) × 36.6 cm (14.4 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art |
| Collection | Andrew W. Mellon collection
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| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 219099 |
Profile Portrait of a Lady is oil on panel painting by an unknown Franco-Flemish artist, dated to about 1410. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. [a]
The woman is wearing an early form balzo headdress over her hair, which has been plucked above her forehead to the point at which the balzo rests.
References
Notes
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^ Hand & Wolff note that Charles Sterling lists the surviving independent portraits from this period, in addition to Profile Portrait of a Lady, as:
[1]
[2]
- John the Good of France in the Louvre, Paris
- Archduke Rudolf IV of Austria in the Dom-und Diözesanmuseum, Vienna
- Louis II of Anjou in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
- Richard II of England in Westminster Abbey, London
- Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Sources
Bibliography
- Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 90–97, repro. 91.
- Panofsky Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1953: 1:82, 171, 392 note 2; 2: pl. 43, fig. 92.
- Sterling, Charles. La peinture de portrait à la cour de Bourgogne au début du XVe siècle. Critica d'Arte 6, 1959: 289, 299, 304,306, 308, 312, fig 193.
- Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001–2002: no. 1.
Further reading
- Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 72–73, no. 53, color repro.
External links
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| Profile Portrait of a Lady | |
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| Year | c. 1410 |
| Dimensions | 52 cm (20 in) × 36.6 cm (14.4 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art |
| Collection | Andrew W. Mellon collection
|
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 219099 |
Profile Portrait of a Lady is oil on panel painting by an unknown Franco-Flemish artist, dated to about 1410. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. [a]
The woman is wearing an early form balzo headdress over her hair, which has been plucked above her forehead to the point at which the balzo rests.
References
Notes
-
^ Hand & Wolff note that Charles Sterling lists the surviving independent portraits from this period, in addition to Profile Portrait of a Lady, as:
[1]
[2]
- John the Good of France in the Louvre, Paris
- Archduke Rudolf IV of Austria in the Dom-und Diözesanmuseum, Vienna
- Louis II of Anjou in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
- Richard II of England in Westminster Abbey, London
- Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Sources
Bibliography
- Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 90–97, repro. 91.
- Panofsky Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1953: 1:82, 171, 392 note 2; 2: pl. 43, fig. 92.
- Sterling, Charles. La peinture de portrait à la cour de Bourgogne au début du XVe siècle. Critica d'Arte 6, 1959: 289, 299, 304,306, 308, 312, fig 193.
- Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001–2002: no. 1.
Further reading
- Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 72–73, no. 53, color repro.
External links
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