Dama col mazzolino

{{Short description|Sculpture by Andrea del Verrocchio}}

{{Infobox artwork

| title = Dama col mazzolino

| other_title_1 = Gentildonna dalle belle mani

| image = Andrea del verrocchio, dama dal mazzolino, 1475 ca. (bargello) 01.jpg

| artist = Andrea del Verrocchio

| year = {{start date|1475}}

| height_imperial = {{height|cm=60}}

| museum = Bargello Museum

| city = Florence

}}

Woman with Flowers ({{langx|it|Dama col mazzolino}} or {{langx|it|Gentildonna dalle belle mani}}) is a marble sculpture {{convert|60|cm}} in height executed by Andrea del Verrocchio between 1475 and 1480.{{cite book |last1=Fossi |first1=Gloria |last2=Bussagli |first2=Marco |title="L'" arte italiana: pittura, scultura, architettura dalle origini a oggi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z95Gvxj0TPUC&pg=PA208 |publisher=Giunti Editore |year=2004 |page=208 |language=it |isbn=9788809037250}}{{cite book |author=Touring Club Italiano |author-link=Touring Club Italiano |title=Italy: A Complete Guide to 1,000 Towns and Cities and Their Landmarks, with 80 Regional Tours |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Gny1hm3wZoC&pg=PA194 |publisher=Touring Editore |year=1999 |page=194 |isbn=9788836515226}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|p=46}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|pp=9–10}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2014|p=197}} It is in the Bargello Museum in Florence.{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|p=46}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|pp=9–10}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2014|p=197}}

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.{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|p=122}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2014}}

The identity of the woman could be Fioretta Gorini, mistress of Giuliano de' Medici,{{cite journal |first=Angelo |last=Paratico |title=Leonardo Da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci, or Fioretta Gorini? Or Caterina, his mother? |url=https://beyondthirtynine.com/leonardo-da-vincis-ginevra-de-benci-or-fioretta-gorini-or-caterina-his-mother/ |journal=Beyond Thirty-Nine |date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211165410/https://beyondthirtynine.com/leonardo-da-vincis-ginevra-de-benci-or-fioretta-gorini-or-caterina-his-mother/ |url-status=dead }} Lucrezia Donati, platonic love of Lorenzo il Magnifico,{{cite book |last=Rohde |first=Jorge Max |title=Lorenzo el Magnífico |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LahlAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras |year=1952 |page=130 |language=es}} or Ginevra d'Amerigo Benci,{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|pp=9–34}} also portrayed in a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.{{sfn|Nifosì|2016|p=46}}{{sfn|Nifosì|2014|p=197}}

The Dama col mazzolino influenced Leonardo's studies of hands.{{cite book |last=Gálvez |first=Christian |title=Leonardo da Vinci -cara a cara-: ¿Cuál era el verdadero rostro del maestro? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9DiDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT74 |publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España |date=March 23, 2017 |page=74 |language=es |isbn=9788403517615}}