GHIRLANDAIO, Ridolfo
(b. 1483, Firenze, d. 1561, Firenze)

Portrait of a Woman, called "The Nun"

1506-10
Oil on wood, 65 x 48 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Ferdinando III of Lorrain, Grand Duke of Tuscany, bought the picture in 1819 as a masterwork by Leonardo da Vinci, but the attribution has been soon after changed and it is still not certain: among the artists suggested there are Mariotto Albertinelli and Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, besides Giuliano Bugiardini who is actually the author accepted. However, presently the painting is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery under the name of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Franz Schubert: Die Junge Nonne (The Young Nun) D 828