Portrait of a Woman Attributed to Bartolomeo Traballesi (Italian, Florentine School, active by 1560, died 1585). Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1570-1575. Oil on panel, 34 7/8 x 25 1/2in. ( x ). This Florentine portrait is an outstanding example of Italian Mannerist painting, a Late Renaissance style defined by complex compositions, vivid colors, and unnaturally elongated figures. Here, Bartolomeo Traballesi emphasizes his sitter’s grace and refinement by artificially sloping her shoulders and lengthening her neck and fingers. Also typical of Mannerist portraiture are the model’s trapping
Portrait of a Woman Attributed to Bartolomeo Traballesi (Italian, Florentine School, active by 1560, died 1585). Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1570-1575. Oil on panel, 34 7/8 x 25 1/2in. ( x ). This Florentine portrait is an outstanding example of Italian Mannerist painting, a Late Renaissance style defined by complex compositions, vivid colors, and unnaturally elongated figures. Here, Bartolomeo Traballesi emphasizes his sitter’s grace and refinement by artificially sloping her shoulders and lengthening her neck and fingers. Also typical of Mannerist portraiture are the model’s trappings of status and erudition: a Turkish carpet of a type then popular at the Medici court and a book of poetry. Traballesi’s portrait, last on view in 1956, was recently treated in the Museum’s conservation lab for this presentation. European Art ca. 1570-1575
Size: 1908px × 2619px
Photo credit: © BBM / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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