MAINARDI, Bastiano
(b. 1466, San Gimignano, d. 1513, Firenze)

Portrait of a Woman

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Tempera on wood, 44 x 33 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The sitter of the painting is the wife of a Florentine banker. The coiffure of the woman is characteristic for the period: a wig (seuffia) on top of the head decorated with curls of different colour.