# Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBERTI, Ercole de']() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 54 x 39 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio c. 1480 Oil on wood, 54 x 39 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This is among the finest examples of quattrocento profile potraiture to have survived. The subject was the wife of the tyrant of Bologna \(the city walls of which may be seen in the background\) and was an outstanding patroness of the arts. The companion-piece in the same museum represents Giovanni II Bentivoglio. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: ROBERTI, Ercole de' Title: Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting Type: portrait ## Related artworks - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(left view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(right view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Apollonia]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Catherine of Alexandria]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St George]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Jerome]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Michael]() - [Madonna with Child and Saints]() - [Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()