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Portrait of a Princess Pisanello, 1437
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Portrait of a Princess

Pisanello · 1437

Why it's great

A young woman in profile wears a fancy red dress, and she is surrounded by butterflies and flowers that look like patterns on a tapestry. Pisanello painted it in about 1437, and she may be Ginevra d'Este or Margherita Gonzaga.

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📍 Louvre MuseumParis, France

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About the artist

Pisanello

1395–1455 · born in Pisa · died in Rome

Pisanello was an Italian painter and medal maker, born in about 1395. He painted elegant, detailed pictures of knights, ladies and animals for noble courts, and he invented the portrait medal. He died in about 1455.

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