Romney and Raphael
The portrait by Raphael (1483-1520) known as 'La Fornarina' (the baker's daughter) was painted at the end of the artist's career, c.1518-20, and is part of the collection of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at the Palazzo Barnberini in Rome, Italy. The picture is in oils on board, and is 87cm tall by 63 cm wide. The subject is a seated young woman, almost nude, against a dark background of foliage. The upper two-thirds of her body are visible; her legs are clothed in a piece of deep red-pink drapery, and she holds a filmy, semi-transparent piece of fabric up against her stomach and chest with her right hand. Her left hand is resting in her lap. Her breasts, shoulders and arms are bare, and her body is visible through the fabric which she holds in her right hand, giving this picture an erotic quality not typical of Raphael's work. Her hair is wrapped in an elaborate patterned scarf or turban, with a jewelled brooch or other feature visible at the front. She also wears a ring on the third finger of her left hand and a bracelet on her upper left arm, upon which Raphael's signature is visible. The woman's eyes are large and dark, and are looking, not out at the viewer but to the viewer's left, and she is smiling slightly. The finish of the portrait is smooth, with rich colour built up within finished and well-defined forms. The identity of the subject is not known, but it has been suggested that she was a lover of the artist. It has also been argued that this work is only partly by Raphael and is a product of his studio in which other artists, in particular Guilio Romano, had a great deal of involvement.
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