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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Portrait of a Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Woman, c. 1464
Oil on oak panel
36.5 × 27 cm
London, United Kingdom

Pale skin and refined features emerge against dark background, rendered with meticulous oil technique and cool tonality characteristic of Flemish mastery. Van der Weyden's psychological penetration of the sitter's inner life established portraiture as profound character study rather than mere likeness.

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