Portrait of a Woman (Pollaiuolo)
Portrait of a Woman is a c.1475 tempera and oil on panel painting by Antonio or Piero del Pollaiuolo. It has been in the Uffizi in Florence since 1861.[1] Since 1861 it has been misattributed to Piero della Francesca, a young Leonardo da Vinci and Cosimo Rosselli.[2]
It forms part of a group of profile portraits of women which also includes
Vasari mentions Antonio only as an engraver and sculptor and not as a painter. A third group attributes all the profiles to Piero and other mythological, action and battle scenes among the Pollaiolo oeuvre to Antonio.[4]
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Portrait of a Young Woman, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano -
Portrait of a Young Woman, Metropolitan Museum, New York -
References
- ^ "Catalogue entry".
- ^ (in Italian) Aldo Galli, I Pollaiolo, collana "Galleria delle arti" n.7, 5 Continents Editions, Milano 2005.
- ISBN 88-09-03675-1
- ^ (in Italian) AA.VV., Galleria degli Uffizi, collana I Grandi Musei del Mondo, Roma 2003.