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Portrait of a Young Woman as a Saint  1520

by Amico Aspertini

The specificity of the portrayal of this young woman and her contemporary attire in combination with the faint remains of a halo indicate that either this is a depiction of a saint based on a close study of a living model to give force to the rendering or it is a portrait of a young woman in the guise of a saint as an expression of piety. Given that there are no further at...
Size: 
H: 23 13/16 x W: 17 1/8 x D: 5/16 in. (60.5 x 43.5 x 0.8 cm)
Medium: 
oil on wood panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum