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Portrait of a Lady
Follower of Titian · c. 1550
- Artist
- Follower of Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)
- Date
- c. 1550
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 63.5 × 51.8 cm (25 × 20 5/16 in.); Framed: 85.1 × 76.2 × 6.4 cm (33 1/2 × 30 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Made in
- Italy
- Style
- sixteenth century
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
Max and Leola Epstein Collection · CC0 Public Domain · Art Institute of Chicago · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
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