# Portrait of a Lady in Yellow [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BALDOVINETTI, Alessio]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera and oil on panel, 63 x 41 cm ## Commentary Portrait of a Lady in Yellow c. 1465 Tempera and oil on panel, 63 x 41 cm National Gallery, London Baldovinetti's profile portrait of an unknown Florentine woman expresses patrician Quattrocento elegance. She is posed in the conventional profile view that is used almost without exception for female portraits until the end of the century, long after male sitters are shown <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/botticel/7portrai/04medal.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/botticel/7portrai/04medal.html">turned toward the observer.</A> ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna and Child with Saints]() - [Nativity]() - [Portrait of a Lady in Yellow \(with frame\)]() - [Virgin and Child]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()