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.

Female renaissance portrait paintings.

Renaissance portraits c 1400 1550 portrait art during the period of the italian renaissance played second fiddle to history istoria painting during the trecento 14th century quattrocento 15th century and early cinquecento 16th century. See more ideas about renaissance portraits renaissance renaissance art. 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. Mona lisa la gioconda 1503 5 by leonardo da vinci.

Holofernes was an assyrian general who was about to destroy judith s home the city of. In addition she is often credited as the first artist to create a self portrait. These paintings were often commissioned by rich families who wanted to showcase their affluence and power. However the most famous female portrait of the renaissance is the simply attired mona lisa.

A renaissance portraitist caterina van hemessen is regarded as the earliest female flemish artist for whom there is verifiable work that remains. The fifteenth century saw the emergence of idealized portraits of women with elaborate dresses. 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. The main preoccupation of renaissance art throughout this period was the depiction of.

The renaissance portraits differ in many ways from portraits today. In the story judith a beautiful widow is able to enter the tent of holofernes because of his desire for her.