Category: 1440-1449
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1449 – Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop
Petrus Christus juxtaposes the lofty style of a wealthy couple preparing for their wedding with the more humbly dressed goldsmith and others.
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1440 – Fra Filippo Lippi, Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement
Angiola di Bernardo Sapiti and Lorenzo di Ranieri Scolari dress in keeping with 1440s Florentine fashions.
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