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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of Lady Mary Guildford

🖼 Portrait of Lady Mary Guildford, 1527
Oak
87 × 71 cm
Cincinnati, USA

Jeweled silks and meticulous detail frame Lady Mary's composed face, rendered with Holbein's characteristic precision and subtle modeling. The portrait exemplifies Northern Renaissance portraiture's power to capture both aristocratic status and psychological presence through sumptuous surface and penetrating observation.

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