Rooms 2 and 3
Domenico Ghirlandaio’s talents as a portraitist were praised by Vasari, who singled out his ability to capture the model’s features in a realistic manner. Together with his workshop assistants, Ghirlandaio was responsible for a group of portraits that display a great variety of representational choices. Many of these works are innovative in composition and stylistic approach. The influence of Flemish art, in particular that of Hans Memling, is evident in the female likeness at the Lindenau Museum [cat. 14]. The Portrait of Selvaggia Sassetti [cat. 15], probably conceived by Domenico but executed by his younger brother David, highlights the presence of the sitter, whose gaze is directed in a straight line towards the viewer. Instead the fine Portrait of a Young Woman, from the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian [cat. 21], evokes a more poetic atmosphere. In the case of the Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni [cat. 20], Domenico Ghirlandaio was personally responsible for both the conception of the portrait and its execution. Ghirlandaio communicates the sitter’s grace and captivating dignity in a highly effective manner. For the portrait of Giovanna the painter deliberately employed the traditional profile pose.
Room 2
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- Autor:
- Attributed to Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Florentino (Florence, 1430–before 23 April 1514)
- Título:
- Lorenzo Tornabuoni (obverse) / Mercury (reverse), ca. 1485
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Bronze, diam. 7.8 cm
- Medidas:
- Washington, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection; inv. n. 1957.14.890.a,b
- Úbicacion:
- Image © 2009 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
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- Autor:
- Piero del Pollaiuolo (Florence, 1441–1496)
- Título:
- Profile of a Woman, ca. 1475
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Tempera and oil (?) on panel, 48.9 x 35.2 cm
- Medidas:
- Úbicacion:
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940; inv. n. 50.135.3
- © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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- Autor:
- Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Florence, 1444/45–1510)
- Título:
- Profile of a Woman, ca. 1480–85
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Tempera on panel, 61.3 x 40.5 cm
- Medidas:
- Úbicacion:
- Florence, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti; inv. n. 1912.353
- “Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino. Gabinetto Fotografico”
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Room 3
- Autor:
- Domenico Ghirlandaio (Florence, 1448/49–1494) and a workshop assistant, possibly David Ghirlandaio (Florence, 1452–1525)
- Título:
- Portrait of Selvaggia Sassetti, ca. 1487–88
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Tempera and oil (?) on panel, 57.1 x 44.1 cm
- Medidas:
- Úbicacion:
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931; inv. n. 32.100.71
- © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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- Autor:
- Domenico Ghirlandaio (Florence, 1448/49–1494) and workshop
- Título:
- Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1490–94
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Tempera on panel, 44 x 32 cm
- Medidas:
- Lisboa, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian; inv. n. 282
- Úbicacion:
- © Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa. Fotografía: Catarina Gomes Ferreira
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- Autor:
- Franco-Burgundian workshop (probably), mid-fifteenth century
- Título:
- Brooch in the form of a Pelican
- Fecha:
- Tipo:
- Gold, ruby and Diamond, 25 x 38 mm
- Medidas:
- London, The British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe; inv. n. AF.2767
- Úbicacion:
- © The Trustees of the British Museum, London
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