Identifying Anne of Hungary's Fool
July 5 2017
Video: Sotheby's
When the above portrait was first looked at by specialists it was thought to be of an unknown sitter. But clever decoding of the costume allowed identity of the subject as a court fool to Anne of Hungary, Elizabet.
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