1433. PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

_Unknown_ (Flemish School: 15th Century).

Notice the transparent starched muslin head-dress which, coming down as

low as the eyebrows and covering the ears, yet allows the forehead and

ears, and a high cap of gold and white brocade, to be seen through its

thin texture.

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