# Portrait of a Lady

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VAROTARI, Chiara](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/varotari-chiara-rbfa8f0c89a1804>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 200 x 117 cm

## Commentary

Varotari is credited with few works, about ten in all, mostly portraits. This portrait is distinguished by a particular accuracy in clothes and jewels. The sitter, identified as Pantasilea, member of the venerable Dotto family, and wife of Pio Capodilista, who was a commander of the Serenissima, is depicted on a dark and uniform background. The features of the woman are second to the symbols and emblems announcing her social status.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of a Young Girl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/varotari-chiara-rbfa8f0c89a1804/portrait-of-a-young-girl-rd4ede3f4c1876f>)

## Attribution

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