„Laura“

1506, Artist: Giorgio da Castelfranco, gen. Giorgione

 

 

„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.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kabinett 4

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Italian, Venetian

Dated

1506

Artist

Giorgio da Castelfranco, gen. Giorgione (um 1477 Castelfranco - 1510 Venedig) - GND

Material

Canvas on old spruce wood

Dimensions

cut to an oval and added again to a rectangle: 41 cm × 33,6 cm, 5,5 kg
Overall: 43,6 cm × 36,5 cm × 35,8 cm × 1 cm

Inscribed

Auf der Rückseite die Beschriftung: 1506. adj. primo zugno fo fatto questo da ma de maistro zorzi da chastel fra(nch)cholega de maistro vinzenzo chaena ad istanzia de mis giacmo...

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 31

Provenance

1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice; 1636-1649 Coll. Hamilton; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm, Brussels; 1735 documented in the gallery

Depiction/Person

100 Meisterwerke - Bildnis einer jungen Frau - Giorgione

IGS - Bildnis einer jungen Frau ("Laura") - Giorgione

OESG - Bildnis einer jungen Frau ("Laura") - Giorgione

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