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ANDREA DEL SARTO: Portrait of a Woman with a Basket of Spindles

🖼 Portrait of a Woman with a Basket of Spindles, c. 1517
Oil on wood
76 × 54 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft brushwork renders a composed woman holding spindles, her gaze direct and dignified against a dark, neutral ground. Del Sarto's intimate portraiture exemplifies Renaissance mastery of psychological presence, elevating a merchant-class subject to noble dignity through refined technique and dignified restraint.

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