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PISANELLO: Portrait of a Princess of the House of Este

PISANELLO
🖼 Portrait of a Princess of the House of Este, 1436-38
Tempera on wood
43 × 30 cm
Paris, France

Rendered in delicate profile, a noblewoman wears elaborate jeweled headdress and patterned dress against gold leaf background. Pisanello's meticulous technique and idealized portraiture established the Renaissance court portrait convention, celebrating aristocratic power and refinement.

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E. H. Gombrich
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