Female Bust, Ideal Portrait of Laura (?)
ca. 1490 (?) | Francesco Laurana
Francesco Laurana created a number of female busts whose strict stylization has exerted a puzzling attraction until today. Only on the Vienna bust are traces of the original polychromy preserved. Due to the great similarity of the bust with a surviving depiction of Laura, the legendary love of the famous scholar and poet Petrarch, it is possible that this is her likeness.
Francesco Laurana created a number of female busts whose strict stylization has exerted a puzzling attraction until today. Only on the Vienna bust are traces of the original polychromy preserved. Due to the great similarity of the bust with a surviving depiction of Laura, the legendary love of the famous scholar and poet Petrarch, it is possible that this is her likeness.
Artist:
Francesco Laurana (um 1430 Vrana bei Zara - 1502 Avignon) DNB
Time:
ca. 1490 (?)
Object Name
portrait head; bust
Culture
Milan (?)
Material/technology:
Marble, partially painted wax
Dimensions:
44 cm × 42,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3405