# Portrait of a Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UCCELLO, Paolo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 41 x 31 cm ## Commentary The identity of the painter of this enigmatic portrait is debated. It was attributed to Filippo Lippi, to his pupil Fra Diamante, to Giovanni di Francesco, to Fra Carnevale, to a follower of Paolo Uccello, and to Uccello himself. The painter of this portrait took as his point of departure Filippo Lippi's <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/lippi/filippo/1440/00portr1.html'\)" HREF="/html/l/lippi/filippo/1440/00portr1.html">Portrait of a Man and a Woman,</A> but he was deeply sympathetic to Uccello's fascination with geometry and he was influenced by Uccello's peculiar interest in uningratiating, homely female types of distinctly middle-class status. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella, detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella\)]() - [An Angel \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse]() - [Birth of Christ]() - [Birth of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Clock with Heads of Prophets]() - [Creation of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()