# Bust of a Young Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERROCCHIO, Andrea del]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Marble, height 53 cm ## Commentary This bust suffered considerable damage over time which was repaired by modern restorations \(most recently in 1988\). It is probably modeled on Desiderio da Settignano's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/desideri/strozzi.html'\)" href="/html/d/desideri/strozzi.html">bust of Marietta Strozzi.</a> Verrocchio must have learned the art of marble carving from Desiderio and the most outstanding example of this training is the present bust. The decorative motifs on the young woman's sleeves led to the conclusion that she might be identified as a member of the family of the mercenary general Bartolomeo Colleoni, who fathered numerous daughters, both legitimate and illegitimate, including Medea, who died in 1470 at the age of eighteen, and <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/a/amadeo/colleoni.html'\)" href="/html/a/amadeo/colleoni.html">buried in the Colleoni Chapel</a> in Bergamo. This identification is not universally accepted. ## Related artworks - [Beheading of St John the Baptist]() - [Bust of Lorenzo de' Medici]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas \(detail\)]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni \(detail\)]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni \(detail\)]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()