neither conform to the ideal of beauty nor retain person characteristics (see other portraits of Isabella d'Este in the same museum). Further attempts to interpret La Bella as a pin-up or courtesan fail because of the stringent portrait composition. And the only thing that really speaks against the noble lineage is the fact that Titian used her appearance in further paintings in which she was depicted in an increasingly erotic manner. See also Isabella d'Este (section Portraits) Isabella in Black Girl in a Fur Venus of Urbino Literature Francesco Valcanover: L'opera completa di Tiziano. Rizzoli, Milan 1969, p. 108–109 or no. 177. Mario Ciatti, Fausta Navarro, Patrizia Riitano: Titian’s La Bella: Woman in a Blue Dress. Edifir, Florence 2011, . Sylvia Ferino-Pagden: Tizians Frauenbild. exhibition catalogue KHM Vienna, Vienna 2021. References Weblinks La Bella in Museum Database Uffizi/Palazzo Pitti (10.05.2022) 1536 paintings Portraits by Titian Paintings in the collection of the Galleria Palatina Portraits of women