Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, ca. 1440, Tempera on wood, 25 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (64.1 x 41.9 cm), Paintings, Fra Filippo Lippi (Italian, Florence ca. 1406–1469 Spoleto), This is the earliest surviving double portrait in Italy, the first to show the sitters in a domestic setting, and the first with a view onto a landscape. The woman, dressed luxuriously ala francese, her sleeve embroidered with letters spelling 'faithful' (lealta), is observed by a man—her betrothed or lucky possessor?—appearing at a window, his hands on an identifying coat of arms
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Portrait, Woman, Man, Casement, ca, 1440, Tempera, wood, 25 1/4 x 16 1/2, 64.1 41.9 cm, Paintings, Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian, Florence ca., 1406–1469, Spoleto, earliest surviving double, portrait, Italy, first, sitters, domestic setting, view, landscape, woman, dressed luxuriously, ala, francese, sleeve embroidered, letters spelling, faithful, lealta, observed, man— betrothed, lucky possessor?—appearing, window, hands, identifying coat, arms
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