Portrait of a Woman (c. 1518): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Woman (c. 1518) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

King Francis I’s deep interest in Italian Renaissance culture manifested itself not only through acquiring important works of art but also by bringing leading architects, scholars, and artists to Paris. Chief among these figures was the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto. The sitter’s distinctively French hood and black veil suggest that someone talented closely connected to the artist painted this work during his brief time in France.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Woman
• Date: c. 1518
• Creator attribution: Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on wood
• Dimensions: Framed: 108 x 86.5 x 8 cm (42 1/2 x 34 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 82.5 x 62.2 cm (32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
• Collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1944.92

Collection credit

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
• Francis, Henry. "Paintings in the Prentiss Bequest." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 6, pt. 1 (June 1944): 87-89.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.

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