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ca. 1490 (?), Artist: 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.
portrait head; bust
Milan (?)
ca. 1490 (?)
Francesco Laurana (um 1430 Vrana bei Zara - 1502 Avignon) - GND
Marble, partially painted wax
44 cm × 42,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Kunstkammer, 3405
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