„Laura“

With the exception of the “La Vecchia” in Venice, the young lady named after the laurel (lauro) that surrounds her from behind is the artist’s only female portrait. The half-revealed breast and the laurel have led to various, mutually contradictory interpretations: perhaps the painting concerns “Laura”, the lover of the poet Petrach, and thus a sort of competition between painting and poetry. The inscription on the back dating from the 16th century records the artist’s name, the year 1506 and “Master Giacomo” as the customer.