Portrait of a Young Woman, This portrait depicts an unknown female sitter. She wears her hair pulled back in a cone-shaped hennin and a sheer veil. She also wears a ring of velvet, or frontel, on her forehead. Her plain features and blank stare resemble features of the girls in the right wing of the "Moreal Triptych." Because all of Memling's portraits depict the sitter with at least one hand showing, it can be assumed that this painting has been cut down from its original size.
- Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive | Flemish (FLEM) | Portrait of a Young Woman, This portrait depicts an unknown female sitter. She wears her hair pulled back in a cone-shaped hennin and a sheer veil. She also wears a ring of velvet, or frontel, on her forehead. Her plain features and blank stare resemble features of the girls in the right wing of the "Moreal Triptych." Because all of Memling's portraits depict the sitter with at least one hand showing, it can be assumed that this painting has been cut down from its original size., c. 1480
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