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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Portrait of a Lady

🖼 Portrait of a Lady, c. 1490
Tempera, oil, and gold on panel
56 × 38 cm
Williamstown, USA

Soft brushwork captures an elegantly dressed woman in three-quarter profile, her jeweled hands folded with dignified composure. Ghirlandaio's meticulous rendering of fabric and ornament exemplifies Florentine portraiture's blend of idealization and intimate observation during the Renaissance.

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