Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

Antonio del Pollaiuolo

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Details

Date
c. 1470
Holding institution
Uffizi Gallery
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Uffizi Gallery

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The canonical title identifies the work as Portrait of a Lady, and the image visibly shows one individualized female sitter.

  • Face Visual · 99%

    The composition emphasizes the sitter’s head and facial contour in a sharply delineated profile view.

Visual Qualities

  • Patterns Visual · 98%

    The garment and hair ornaments contain repeated floral, foliate, and geometric motifs.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%

    The coiffure, hair ornaments, necklace, and decorated garment produce a strongly ornamented appearance.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Both · 99%

    The metadata identifies the classification as Painting, and the image visibly presents a painted work on a panel support.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The canonical medium explicitly includes oil paint.

Time Periods

  • 15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The canonical date is c. 1470, placing the work in the fifteenth century.

Jewelry and Fashion Object Types

  • Necklaces Visual · 98%

    A necklace is clearly visible around the sitter’s neck, and additional ornament appears in her hair.

Source & rights

Antonio del Pollaiuolo. scan from Alison Wright, The Pollaiolo Brothers, p. 125

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