ID: 700008813 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008813	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini (panel painting (painting by form); Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian (Em...; 1494(?); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1975.1.96)

Note: This portrait and its pendant (1975.1.95) represent a husband and wife of the Gozzadini family of Bologna; the family's coat of arms appears prominently in both paintings. The sitters can probably be identified as two members of important Bolognese families who were married about 1494; the coat of arms of the Gozzadini family is on both panels. Husband and wife hold a pink and a piece of fruit, symbols of betrothal and marriage. The landscapes are filled with details evoking marital virtues, fecundity, and prosperity. The inscribed architectural frieze in the background, which runs across both panels, attests to the commemorative function of the portraits: VT SIT NOSTRA FORMA SVPERSTES (In order that our features may survive). Probably made to celebrate a betrothal or marriage, the portraits contain numerous allusions to love and matrimony, such as the spray of flowers, known as pinks, held by the male sitter, and the fruit (perhaps a quince) held by his wife. The pelican and phoenix at lower left of the male portrait refer respectively to charity and resurrection - Christian virtues here associated with the sacrament of marriage. In the lower right corner of the female portrait are two rabbits and a girl confronting a unicorn, the former connoting fecundity and the latter chastity.

Titles:

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

panel painting (painting by form) [300033656] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1494(?)

Creator Display:

Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian (Emilian), active late 15th century) [preferred,VP]

Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Emilian painter, active late 15th century) Qualifier: attributed to [500371698]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1975.1.96

Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Address Note: On view in Gallery 959

Display Materials: Tempera on wood

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: Overall 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (50.2 x 37.1 cm); painted surface 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (48.6 x 35.9 cm)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini (Italian gentlewoman, 16th-17th century) [500371700]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: inscribed architectural frieze in the background, which runs across both panels, attests to the commemorative function of the portraits: VT SIT NOSTRA FORMA SVPERSTES

Related Works:

	pendant of .... Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini [700008812]
	..........panel painting (painting by form); Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian (Em...; 1494(?); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1975.1.95

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)