Focus on Laura (Giorgione) and discuss the Historical Background.
The inscription on the back of the painting dates it to 1 June 1506. The attribution of this painting is uncontroversial because it has a long and well-documented provenance.
It was in the collection of the Venetian collector Bartolomeo della Nave and subsequently was purchased by Duke of Hamilton, and after his execution, by the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, which is how it came into the museum's collection.
Bartolomeo della Nave Duke of Hamilton Austria Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria