„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.
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
Laura di Audiberto di Noves (1308 - 1348) - GND
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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