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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of Lady Mary Guildford

🖼 Portrait of Lady Mary Guildford, around 1550
Oil and gold on oak panel
82 × 66 cm
New York, United States

Jeweled textures and precise detail render this noblewoman's elaborate costume with crystalline clarity. Holbein's meticulous portraiture established the gold standard for Tudor court imagery, influencing royal representation across Northern Europe.

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