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The Frick's first Renaissance lady

In 2019, the Frick Collection in New York ran an exhibition entitled 'Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture', featuring the work of late Renaissance artist Giovanni Moroni. Moroni is best-known for his exquisitely-detailed portraits of nobles and professionals. In the exhibition was a piece simply titled 'Portrait of a Woman', thought to have been painted around 1575, and it has now been donated to the museum by one of its board members.

"We had the pleasure of getting to know this compelling portrait very well in 2019,” said museum director Ian Wardropper. “At that time, the portrait was considered one of the finest by Moroni in private hands. We are thrilled to now include it in our permanent collection.” The woman's identity is not known, but judging by her elaborate brocade bodice, jewels and ruff, we can guess that she could be a noblewoman. It is only one of 15 portraits of a woman on her own painted by Moroni, from an existing catalogue of 125 works.