Portrait of a Woman ca. 1470–80 Netherlandish or French Netherlandish / French A young woman wearing a gold and green velvet hennin reaches her left hand for something outside the picture plane. Her gaze, which follows her outstretched arm, encourages the viewer to wonder at the unseen furnishings of her environment. Previous scholarship offers two unconvincing suggestions as to the sitter's identity: Margaret of York (1446 -1503), Duchess of Burgundy, and Mary of Burgundy (1457 -1482), Margaret's stepdaughter. The picture remains without a secure attribution, preserving, somewhat unfortunatel
Portrait of a Woman ca. 1470–80 Netherlandish or French Netherlandish / French A young woman wearing a gold and green velvet hennin reaches her left hand for something outside the picture plane. Her gaze, which follows her outstretched arm, encourages the viewer to wonder at the unseen furnishings of her environment. Previous scholarship offers two unconvincing suggestions as to the sitter's identity: Margaret of York (1446 -1503), Duchess of Burgundy, and Mary of Burgundy (1457 -1482), Margaret's stepdaughter. The picture remains without a secure attribution, preserving, somewhat unfortunately, the air of mystery surrounding the Portrait of a Woman 459071
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Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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