Sandro Botticelli
Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Brandini
From $100
This painting is golden hair, white and deep green-black, and a cheap copy flattens the hair. Our Botticelli Portrait of a Lady print was graded from a high-resolution master so every braid and pearl stays crisp.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
12x18 inch, 16x24 inch, 20x30 inch, 24x36 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its slim, tall shape suits a hallway, a narrow wall or a pair of frames. The golds and dark greens look rich with cream, slate and walnut, and a gold or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Idealized Portrait of a Lady by Sandro Botticelli
A cameo
A young woman in profile turns her body to show a cameo at her neck. It copies a famous antique gem, Apollo and Marsyas, that belonged to Lorenzo de’ Medici.
Simonetta?
The art historian Aby Warburg suggested she was an idealised portrait of Simonetta Vespucci. Others see an ideal beauty dressed as a nymph.
Flames of love
One scholar reads the three tassels of hair as flames, the love she should kindle. The painting is attributed to Botticelli, about 1480 to 1485, and hangs in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
Read the story
A young woman is seen in profile against a dark background. Her golden hair is braided and twisted with pearls, with a feather standing up from it. She wears a white blouse, and at her neck hangs a small carved gem.
The gem is a copy of a famous ancient carving, showing Apollo and Marsyas, which belonged to Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of Florence.
Sandro Botticelli, or his workshop, painted her in Florence in about 1480 to 1485.
But who is she? A great art historian, Aby Warburg, suggested she was an idealised portrait of Simonetta Vespucci. Others thought she was simply an ideal beauty, dressed as a nymph or a goddess.
One scholar has a lovely theory about the three loose locks of hair in the centre of the picture. He reads them as flames, the flames of love she was meant to kindle in anyone who looked at her.
Botticelli painted several portraits like this one. Others are in London, Berlin and Tokyo.
This one is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
Look at the pearls in her hair.
Idealized Portrait of a Lady. Sandro Botticelli, about 1480 to 1485.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
