I’m adding this to my “must make one day” list

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From a recent Christie’s auction, Follower of Francesco Salviati del Rossi Portrait of a Lady.

From a recent Christie’s auction, posted to wikimedia, found via the Elizabethan Costume group on Facebook.

 

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Here are a few others that got posted to wiki too:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florentine_School_Portrait_of_a_Lady_in_Black_with_a_Book.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Studio_of_Alessandro_Allori_Portrait_of_a_Lady.jpg