Category: 1560-1569
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1568 – Bernardino Campi, Portrait of a Woman
Campi’s portrait of an unknown woman exemplifies 1560s Italian fashion with its squared neckline, filled in with a sheer partlet, and its pointed bodice with decoration applied at the edges and down the center.
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