A woman with pale white skin and her blond hair covered by a wide veil is shown from the waist up in this vertical portrait painting. Her folded hands rest on the lower edge of the panel, suggesting that she sits just on the other side, close to us. The transparent white veil covers her blond hair and falls in stiff, wide panes down in front of her shoulders. Her hair is pulled back behind a black ribbon over a high forehead. Her light brown eyes are downcast and she has a straight nose and full, pale pink lips. Her chest is covered by another veil and is tucked into the deep V-neck of her…

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Portrait of a Lady

Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, 1399/1400 - 1464)

c. 1460

Medium: oil on panel
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: painted surface: 34 x 25.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.) ; overall (panel): 37 x 27 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.) ; framed: 60.9 x 53.3 x 11.4 cm (24 x 21 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture: Netherlandish
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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