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Portrait of a Young Woman

ca. 1490–1500
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 602

An inscription on the back of this painting, possibly dating to the 1500s, identifies the subject as "Ginevra d’Amerigo de Benci." The juniper bush (ginevro in old Italian) behind her could evoke her first name. The painting signals an important shift in Florentine portraits of women. Rather than appearing bust length and in strict profile, this sitter turns to the viewer, her hands visible, providing a greater sense of her inner psychology. The picture was likely inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait Ginevra de’ Benci in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of a Young Woman
  • Artist: Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) (Italian, Florence 1456/59–1536 Florence)
  • Date: ca. 1490–1500
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 23 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (58.7 x 40 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.86.5
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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The Madonna Adoring the Child, with an Angel, Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) Italian, Pen and brown ink, traces of white, over red chalk underdrawing of the Madonna.
The Madonna Adoring the Child, with an Angel
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)
early 16th century
Head of a Young Woman, Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) Italian, Metalpoint, heightened with white, on pink prepared paper; profile retouched in brownish chalk, hair retouched in black chalk, and highlights added to bust, all by a later hand.
Head of a Young Woman
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)
late 15th–early 16th century
Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) Italian, Tempera on wood
Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)
early 1490s
Madonna and Child, Giovanni Bellini Italian, Oil on wood
Madonna and Child
Giovanni Bellini
late 1480s
The Baptism of Christ, Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) Italian, Oil on canvas
The Baptism of Christ
Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)
ca. 1590

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