Why it matters
A young woman in a blue dress with rich gold ornaments embodies the Renaissance ideal of beauty. The same face appears in several of Titian's paintings from the 1530s, including the Venus of Urbino.
Did you know?
- It can be dated by a letter of May 1536 about 'that woman in a blue dress'.
- It belonged to the Della Rovere Dukes of Urbino.
- It came to Florence in 1631 with the inheritance of Vittoria della Rovere.
Based on the Wikipedia article La Bella (CC BY-SA 4.0).
