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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of an Unknown Lady

🖼 Portrait of an Unknown Lady, c. 1541
Vellum mounted on playing card, diameter 5,1 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Meticulous detail renders a woman's composed face against austere background, her jeweled headdress and fur-trimmed gown gleaming with precise brushwork. Holbein's unflinching portraiture defined Tudor court aesthetics, establishing the gold standard for northern Renaissance royal representation.

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