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Profile Portrait of a Young Woman
Sandro Botticelli1475–1480
Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Früher wurde dieses Porträt als das der von Giuliano de‘ Medici verehrten Simonetta Vespucci, die 1476 starb, angesehen. Die phantastische Haartracht erinnert an die weiblichen Figuren in den mythologischen Darstellungen Botticellis und spricht dafür, dass es sich um ein Idealbildnis handelt.
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- Title: Profile Portrait of a Young Woman
- Creator: Sandro Botticelli
- Date Created: 1475–1480
- Physical Dimensions: 055,4 x 043,0
- Type: Portrait
- External Link: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Medium: Poplar
- Style: Italian
- Inv. No.: 106A
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-017018
- Copyright Image: Photo: © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Image by Google
- Collection: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Artist information: Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the early Renaissance. He was initially trained as a goldsmith by his brother Antonio and was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi from 1462 onwards. Between 1465 and 1470 he created several Madonnas which show the influences of his master. Afterwards he opened his own workshop. Along with several other artists he was called to Rome by Pope Sixtus IV to decorate the newly built Sistine Chapel with murals. He mainly executed altar-pieces and religious paintings as well as some which dealt with Greek mythology and allegory. For example, he also created drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy. His best known masterpieces are considered to be 'Primavera' (ca. 1482) and 'The Birth of Venus' (ca. 1485). When Fra Savonarola established his theocracy in Florence after the expulsion of the Medici in 1494, Botticelli dedicated himself to religious topics.
- Artist Place of Death: Florence, Italy
- Artist Place of Birth: Florence, Italy
- Artist Gender: male
- Artist Dates: 1445 - 1510
- Acquired: 1875 Purchase from the art dealer Stefano Bardini, Florence
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