NUVOLONE, Carlo Francesco
(b. 1609, Milano, d. ca. 1662, Milano)

Portrait of a Lady

1647-49
Oil on canvas, 200 x 120 cm
Collezioni Comunali d'Arte di Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna

The sitter of this representative female portrait of Spanish Milan, is perhaps a member of the noble Arese family. Her confident bearing can be seen as a reflection of the political aspirations of the pro-Spanish Lombard aristocracy.