La Fornarina

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La Fornarina is a famous Renaissance portrait painting by Raphael, believed to depict his lover and celebrated for its sensuality and enigmatic subject.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting
oil painting
painting
allegedModel Margherita Luti
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalPeriod Italian Renaissance
artist Raphael NERFINISHED
associatedWith Raphael’s late career
cataloguedIn Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica inventory
collection Palazzo Barberini
colorPalette deep, dark background
warm flesh tones
completionDate early 16th century
country Italy
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Raphael NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance iconic image of Raphael’s supposed lover
depictionType half-length portrait
depicts Raphael's alleged lover
a young woman
exhibitedAt Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
genre portrait
hasPart armband with Raphael’s signature
bare upper body of the sitter
myrtle bush in the background
turban-like headdress
hasTheme artist’s muse
eroticism
idealized love
historicalContext Rome in the papacy of Leo X
iconography idealized female beauty
inception c. 1518–1519
influenced later depictions of Raphael’s muse
languageOfTitle Italian
location Rome
materialUsed oil paint
movement High Renaissance
notableFor enigmatic subject
sensuality
ownedBy Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica
placeOfCreation Rome
style High Renaissance classicism
subjectOf art historical debate about the sitter’s identity
surface panel
titleLanguage Italian
titleMeaning the baker’s daughter

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Raphael
notableWork
Palazzo Barberini ("La Fornarina by Raphael")
notableWorkContained

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