Portrait of Bia de' Medici, Daughter of Cosimo I, The portrait shows a half-length likeness of a Florentine Medici daughter. She wears a white dress, rendered to show off its high quality and value by its shiny veneer. Her hair is simple, straight, and chin-length, accentuated slightly by her earrings, but shaping her face. She wears a small string of pearls and a gold necklace with a pendant. Her body is turned slightly to right in the chair she sits in, while her face is fully frontal. She wears a gold chain around her waist and holds it in her right hand. The background is except for the dark blue background which forms a light circle around the girl's head, as well as the arm of the chair. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending.

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Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss02-i5812

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