# Portrait of a Woman

- By: Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530)
- Date: c. 1518
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 108 x 86.5 x 8 cm (42 1/2 x 34 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 82.5 x 62.2 cm (32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.92)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.92/1944.92_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

King Francis I’s deep interest in Italian Renaissance culture manifested itself not only through acquiring important works of art but also by bringing leading architects, scholars, and artists to Paris. Chief among these figures was the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto. The sitter’s distinctively French hood and black veil suggest that someone talented closely connected to the artist painted this work during his brief time in France.