# Portrait of Elena Gaddi Quaratesi

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SAN FRIANO, Maso da](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/san-friano-maso-da-re1a99143bf1a62>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on wood, 24 x 18 cm

## Commentary

This portrait by a Medici court artist has a lovely spontaneous quality, as if the viewer had just interrupted the eighteen-year-old bride at her reading.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of Francesco I de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/san-friano-maso-da-re1a99143bf1a62/portrait-of-francesco-i-de-medici-r25e1542ac1f2af>)

## Attribution

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