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Lady Mary Guildford

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Title	Lady Mary Guildford
Creator.Persons	Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
Notes	1527
Description	There is a stark flatness in the modelling of the plump sitter, whose figure is less comfortably integrated with the background. There is less interest in the texture of material (especially in the head dress), and awkward elements such as the grotesque head on the pillar seem to parody Lady Guildford herself. Holbein resorts to architectural as well as natural forms to rein in the composition, but despite the iron stanchion at the back and the receding column and pillars, ambiguities in space are unresolved at the far left and bottom right. Only the depiction of the sitter's arms and hands seems to have engaged the artist's full attention and powers.
Subject	Clothing and dress Costume -- History Headgear in art Women's clothing Fashion in art
Collection Title	History of Textiles and Clothing
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
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