A young woman in a black Burgundian gown turns three-quarters towards us, eyes lowered and fingers tightly clasped, a transparent veil spilling from her headdress. Against a flat blue-green ground, Rogier van der Weyden builds her from a few clean shapes: veil, neckline, face and hands. It is his only accepted portrait of a woman; her name is unknown.
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Look for the pins pushed into the veil to hold it in place, and the bright red sash buckled beneath her breast.
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