A renaissance portraitist caterina van hemessen is regarded as the earliest female flemish artist for whom there is verifiable work that remains.
Female renaissance portrait paintings.
She is best known for a series of small scale portraits created between the late 1540s and early 1550s as well as a few religious compositions.
However the most famous female portrait of the renaissance is the simply attired mona lisa.
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In the story judith a beautiful widow is able to enter the tent of holofernes because of his desire for her.
These paintings were often commissioned by rich families who wanted to showcase their affluence and power.
The renaissance portraits differ in many ways from portraits today.
The account of the beheading of holofernes by judith is given in the deuterocanonical book of judith and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the renaissance and baroque periods.
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In 1440 through 1540 female portraiture in florence thrived beyond the realm of rulers and their consorts to encompass women of the merchant class who figure in a number of panel paintings medals and marble busts.
The fifteenth century saw the emergence of idealized portraits of women with elaborate dresses.
The main preoccupation of renaissance art throughout this period was the depiction of.
Widely known for her mysterious smile and everlasting beauty one of the most famous paintings of women ever made the mona lisa by leonardo da vinci represents a classical renaissance half body portrait set against a background of a distant landscape.
In addition she is often credited as the first artist to create a self portrait.
Holofernes was an assyrian general who was about to destroy judith s home the city of.