La Bella

La Bella
Artist Titian
Year c. 1536
Type oil on canvas
Dimensions 100 cm × 75 cm (39 in × 30 in)
Location Palazzo Pitti, Florence

La Bella is a portrait of an unknown woman by Titian, painted around 1536 and now in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The work of a mature artist, it shows the woman with Renaissance ideal proportions and a natural expressive force[1] The composition is clear.[1]

During 2011 La Bella toured the United States, featured at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and the Portland Art Museum.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b (Spanish) Los maestros de la pintura occidental, Taschen, 2005, page 176, ISBN 3-8228-4744-5
  2. ^ https://www.kimbellart.org/News/News-Article.aspx?nid=139