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Portrait of Louise de Halluin, dame de Cipierre  1555

by Corneille de Lyon

In this portrait of a maid of honor to Catherine de’ Medici, wife of Henry II of France, the sitter wears a fashionable dress of the mid-1550s. Her jewelry—a gold chain around her narrow waist, a pearl necklace, and a band of pearls on her hood—harmonizes with the rich, yet restrained ornamentation of her dress and embroidered white chemise. Louise de Halluin was still an ...
Size: 
21.4 × 17.8 cm (8 7/16 × 7 in.); painted surface: 20.5 × 16.5 cm
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago