Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Portrait of a Lady
Alternate Title:
La Muta (The Mute)
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
attributed to Giuliano Bugiardini (Italian painter, 1475-1554); attributed to Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520)
Location:
repository: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino, Marches, Italy) Inv. 1890, no. 1440
Location Note:
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13
GPS:
43.723333 12.637778
Date:
ca. 1507-1508 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
64 cm (height) x 48 cm (width)
Subjects:
portrait; Federico, da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
Description:
The female portrait known as The Mute Woman represents a return to the influence of Leonardo. It was moved to Urbino from the Uffizi, where it had been stored for two hundred years. It was attributed to Raphael only recently. Leonardo inspires the pose of the figure (whose characteristically crossed hands constitute a very clear reference to the Mona Lisa). It can be assumed to have come from the Rovere family and may be a portrait of Giovanna Feltria, daughter of Federico da Montefeltro and wife of Giovanni della Rovere. [Information from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-GNM-POL-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Portrait of a Lady