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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Portrait of a Young Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1485
Tempera on panel
61 × 40 cm
Florence, Italy

Delicate profile rendered in tempera shows a Renaissance maiden with pearl-adorned hair against dark background, her porcelain skin luminous. Botticelli captures aristocratic ideals of feminine beauty while demonstrating his mastery of portraiture during Florence's golden age.

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