Buste de jeune fille avec les cheveux détachés

Buste de jeune fille avec les cheveux detaches from 1521 by Bernardino Luini is a study of a young woman with unbound hair. Such idealized female busts, derived from Leonardo's prototypes, were collected as independent works as well as serving as studies for larger compositions Oil on canvas, increasingly preferred over panel in the sixteenth century, offered greater flexibility for large-scale compositions The work is now in the collection of Condé Museum in Chantilly.

The idealized female bust displays Luini's most refined sfumato modeling, the unbound hair and gentle expression creating an image of youthful beauty and innocence.