Barely four inches tall, this is one of a pair of tiny portraits by the Venetian painter Jacometto, prized in his day for miniatures so fine they seemed impossible. Her partner portrait is also in our collection.
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Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo
Jacometto · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano), ca. 1485–95. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).