Portrait of Laura Dianti [SEP] creator
Portrait of Laura Dianti
Portrait of Laura Dianti is a c. 1520–25 painting by Titian, now held in the H. Kisters Collection at Kreuzlingen. It is signed "" and depicts Laura Dianti, lover and later wife of Alfonso I d'Este.
Titian painted several portraits of Dianti, perhaps including the "Woman with a Mirror", now at the Louvre. In this one, she wears a sumptuous blue dress, jewellery and a diadem. Her right arm runs down the side of her body while her left hand rests
restoration in America, which revealed the signature on the sleeve, it is again thought to be the original work. The work was paired with a portrait of Alfonso I d'Este, which is now lost but of which several copies survive, the best perhaps being that at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.
References.
- Francesco Valcanover, "L'opera completa di Tiziano", Rizzoli, Milano 1969.
External links.
- The copy of the "Portrait of Laura Dianti" - fondazione Federico Zeri