# Lady with a Basket of Spindles [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 76 x 54 cm ## Commentary Lady with a Basket of Spindles c. 1516 Oil on wood, 76 x 54 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence The attribution of this painting is debated, recently it was assigned to Andrea del Sarto. Certain features of the lady's face reveal characteristics that are unquestionable Pontormesque. The slightly frowning expression, the reflection of a certain inner unease recalls those of the saints portrayed in the Pucci Altarpiece. Raphael's Velata has been proposed as the figurative model for the painting. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve at Work]() - [Alessandro de' Medici in Profile]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Anatomical study]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Birth Tray \(back\)]() - [Birth Tray \(front\)]() - [Christ before Pilate]() - [Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()