Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Home
What is Feminae?
What's Indexed?
Subjects
Broad Topics
Journals
Essays
All Image Records
Contact Feminae
SMFS
Other Resources
Admin (staff only)
There are 44,753 records currently in Feminae
Quick Search
Advanced Search
Article of the Month
Translation of the Month
Image of the Month
Special Features
Click to view high resolution image
Title:
Ginevra Bentivoglio
Creator:
Ercole de' Roberti
Description:
Ginevra Bentivoglio was wife of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Lord of Bologna. They had no official title in Bologna and ruled as tyrants from 1462 to 1506. The Double Portrait of Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca served as the models for Roberti’s paintings of Ginevra and Giovanni. Typical of fifteenth-century Italian profile portraiture, Ginevra is idealized. Her posture and facial expression are formal. There are not any strong, dark shadows present on her face. Also, her hair is gold, the select hair color in fifteenth-century portraiture, and held up in the broken draperies of her cloth headpiece, which was fashionable during this time. The numerous jewels sown onto her dress and the pearls around her neck indicate her wealth and high social status. Her posture, skin, hair, and clothing are emphasized by the flat, dark fabric background against which she is situated.
Source:
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Rights:
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Subject
(See Also)
:
Ginevra Bentivoglio
Wife
Portrait
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
Date:
1474-1477
Related Work:
Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.,
https://images.nga.gov/?service=asset&action=show_zoom_window_popup&language=en&asset=18646&location=grid&asset_list=18646,46252,109427&basket_item_id=undefined
Current Location:
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art
Original Location:
Bologna (?)
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital Images; Painting
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Tempera on panel
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm):
53.7 cm/38.7 cm/
Inscription:
Related Resources:
Boskovits, Miklós, and David Alan Brown, et al, Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003, pgs. 602-607