BALDOVINETTI, Alessio
(b. ca.1425, Firenze, d. 1499, Firenze)

Portrait of a Lady in Yellow (with frame)

c. 1465
Tempera and oil on panel, 63 x 41 cm
National Gallery, London

In the Quattrocento, painted portraits were usually placed in the "camere," the chambers that were the multipurpose rooms at the heart of household life. The portrait of a woman, attributed to Alesso Baldovinetti, retains its original gold frame, and the inventory of the Tornabuoni palace list that of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni as in a gilt frame.