Firenze - Palazzo degli Uffizi - 2024-09-07 10-21-48 024

The sitter is depicted in a three-quarter view with her hands resting in her lap, wearing a red bodice with large, patterned blue sleeves. A prominent gold pendant featuring a ruby, emerald, and sapphire hangs from her neck. The background consists of a serene landscape with thin trees and rolling hills under a bright, clear sky.

Painted during Raphael's stay in Florence, the work reflects the influence of Leonardo da Vinci's portraiture on the High Renaissance ideal of the individual. The specific gemstones in the sitter's jewelry—ruby, emerald, and sapphire—align with contemporary lapidary traditions that ascribed specific moral and protective virtues to stones in a matrimonial context.