Bust of a Young Woman

Executed in tempera, the painting displays the precise, layered brushwork characteristic of late‑15th‑century Italian portraiture. The artist employs a limited palette, allowing the bright reds and whites to stand out sharply against the deep black ground, while the smooth modeling of the face suggests careful attention to light and form.

The portrait entered the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where it remains on display. Its attribution to Raffaellino del Garbo, a Florentine painter active in the late 1400s, is based on stylistic analysis and documentary evidence linking the work to his known oeuvre.