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Moroni's 'Portrait of a Lady' still turns heads over four centuries later. What is it that makes this lady in red so special? Find out more with costumier Eileen Sheikh and Al Johnson, National Gallery Education.

 

From the National Gallery Podcast: Episode Eighteen (April 2008)

 

Find out more about Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Lady ('La Dama in Rosso'), about 1556-60

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