# Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO DI COSIMO]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 57 x 42 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci c. 1480 Oil on panel, 57 x 42 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly Piero was frequently patronized by the most powerful families, for whom he executed not only permanent painted works, but also temporary designs for spectacular festivals. His portrait of the noted Florentine beauty Simonetta Vespucci shows his range as a painter and also exemplifies a certain type of commission for private families. The portrait represents the death of Cleopatra which belongs to the category of celebrated women of antiquity who committed suicide, such as more virtuous names like Lucretia. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Allegory]() - [Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs]() - [Forest Fire \(detail\)]() - [Forest Fire]() - [Giuliano da Sangallo]() - [Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist]() - [Hunting Scene]() - [Immaculate Conception with Saints]() - [Incarnation of Jesus \(detail\)]() - [Incarnation of Jesus]() - [Madonna and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant St John the Baptist]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()