The “Female Bust” , or “The Perfect Portrait of Laura” (?) ( German: Weibliche Büste, Idealporträt der Laura (?) ), Is a sculptural portrait of the Italian sculptor Francesco Laurana (1430-1502). Created around 1490. Stored at the Kunstkamera at the Museum of Art History , Vienna .
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| Francesco Laurana | ||
| Female bust . OK. 1490 | ||
| him. Weibliche Büste, Idealporträt der Laura (?) | ||
| Marble , color coating, wax applications. Height 44 cm | ||
| Vienna , Museum of the History of Art | ||
A traveling artist, Francesco Laurana, originally from Dalmatia , spread the ideals of the Renaissance during his travels in southern Italy and southern France. At the center of his artistic work is a group of female busts , about which almost nothing is known. Since the works are so one-on-one in a mysterious expression and embody the stylization of the ideal of beauty, it is difficult to connect them with real historical faces. Busts are now kept in various museums around the world.
The copy, which is stored in Vienna, is better preserved than others, since it basically preserved the original color with delicate red buds fashioned from wax in a gold hairnet. A woman used to have a real gem on her forehead.
There are suggestions that this female bust is a portrait of Eleanor or Isabella of Aragon, or probably Hippolyta Maria Sforza .
Literature
- Conrad Schlegel. Museum of Art History. Vein. Kunstkamera, Vienna. - London: CHBeck / Scala Publishers Ltd, 2013 .-- 128 p. - (Museums of the world). - ISBN 978-3-406-64752-9 .
- Masterpieces of the Kunstkammer Vienna. A Brief Guide to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Edited by . - Volume 12. - Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum , 2013 .-- 240 p. - ISBN 978-3-99020-037-7 . (eng.)