''Woman with Flowers'' ( or ) is a

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in height executed by

Andrea del Verrocchio Andrea del Verrocchio ( , , ; born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni; – 1488) was an Italian sculpture, sculptor, List of Italian painters, painter and goldsmith who was a master of an important workshop in Florence. He apparently bec ...

between 1475 and 1480. It is in the Bargello Museum in

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. The sculpture stands out for being a bust of an almost half-length figure with fully realized arms and the hands on the chest. The hands are an additional and extraordinary feature, that confirm the elegant beauty of the portrayed. The identity of the woman could be Fioretta Gorini, mistress of

Giuliano de' Medici Giuliano de' Medici (28 October 1453 – 26 April 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty) and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of the Florentine Republic, with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, he complemented his broth ...

, Lucrezia Donati,

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, or Ginevra d'Amerigo Benci, also portrayed in a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The ''Dama col mazzolino'' influenced Leonardo's studies of hands.

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