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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Portrait of the Donor Francesca Pitti-Tornabuoni

🖼 Portrait of the Donor Francesca Pitti-Tornabuoni, 1486-90
Fresco
Florence, Italy

Jeweled fabrics and delicate profile dominate this tempera portrait, rendered with meticulous attention to textile detail and aristocratic bearing. The donor's prominent placement in the chapel chapel frescoes asserts the Tornabuoni family's wealth and piety within Florence's social hierarchy.

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