Explore the Description of this artwork, La Bella.
The portrait represents a young beauty in a blue dress with decollete and rich gold ornaments against a dark background. She points with her left hand to a zibellino draped over her right forearm. The woman corresponds perfectly to all the ideals of beauty of the time with possibly the only exception of "only medium" blond hair. In parallel, the stringent composition as a three-quarter figure and the rich clothing correspond to Titian's courtly portraits of the 1530s. The head shows similarities with three eroticised paintings by Titian from the same period, although it remains open whether it is the same person, model or ideal of beauty:
Girl in a Fur, c. 1536, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Girl with Feather Hat, c. 1536, Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg
Venus of Urbino, c. 1538, Uffizi in Florence
Florence Uffizi decollete Girl in a Fur Hermitage Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum Titian Venus of Urbino zibellino