Portrait of a Woman by Bartolomeo Veneto, traditionally assumed to be Lucrezia Borgia
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Portrait of a Woman by Bartolomeo Veneto, traditionally assumed to be Lucrezia Borgia[1], between 1500–1530, mixed technique on poplar wood, 44 x 34 cm by Bartolomeo Veneto.
The work, also known as Flora is currently attributed to Bartolomeo. The unknown figure is painted with hard edges and a descriptive quality. Though the sitter is unknown, she is thought (and perhaps wrongly) to be Lucrezia Borgia. Close to a genre painting, the painting could be a response to similar paintings by Giorgione including the Laura. Bartolomeo placed the figure in front of a black background, a theme that would follow in his later paintings such as Saint Catherine, Salome with the Head of the St. John the Baptist, and Lady playing a Lute.
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