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Portrait of a Lady
(Renaissance Europe )
The unidentified noblewoman rests her hand on a keyboard instrument, the playing of which was considered virtuous for a woman. Pulzone has carefully rendered the textures of her luxurious dress down to the smallest details, including the refined lace of her cuffs and collar and the embroidery of the black dress.
The stately, formal, and somewhat stiff three-quarter figure, exemplified by Pulzone's painting, had become standard for aristocratic portraiture in late 16th-century Europe.
For more information on this painting, please seeFederico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 238, pp. 360-361.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 396, as Giovanni Battista Moroni]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1985 | The Age of Caravaggio, 1590-1610. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for conditon | |
| Examination | other | |
| 7/3/1942 | Treatment | inpainted; tears repaired; varnish removed or reduced |
| 6/17/1943 | Treatment | cleaned; inpainted; coated |
| 1/1/1953 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/16/1959 | Treatment | repaired; loss compensation; coated |
| 9/16/1959 | Treatment | tears repaired |
| 7/7/1965 | Treatment | examined for condition; other |
| 2/28/1984 | Examination | examined for loan |
| 3/5/1984 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated; other |
| 3/5/1984 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 3/5/1984 | Treatment | lined; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 46 7/8 x W: 35 7/8 in. (119 x 91.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.605