Young Woman, between 1460s and 1470s or 1490s

  • Geri da Settignano, Italian, 1424-ca. 1470
  • Desiderio da Settignano, Italian, 1429/32 - 1464

Pietra serena with traces of paint

  • Overall: 26 1/8 × 19 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches (66.4 × 49.2 × 14.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford in memory of her husband

48.152

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

possibly by 1591-until late 17th century, Baccio Valori, then Filippo Valori, Alessandro Vallori [d. 1687] (Borgo Albizi, Florence, Italy)

acquired by Niccolo Panciatichi (Palazzo of via Larga, Florence, Italy)

by 1868, Charles Timbal (Paris, France)

Baron Arthur de Schicker (Martinvast, Normandy, France)

(Duveen Brothers, New York, New York, USA)

Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts

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circle of Desiderio da Settignano; possibly Geri da Settignano, Young Woman, between 1460s and 1470s or 1490s, Pietra serena with traces of paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford in memory of her husband, 48.152.