Her Face is Death, Circa 1510

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Face-to-Face with Death by Matteo da Milano, Hours of Eleonora Gonzaga, about 1510-1515.

Tempera and gold leaf on parchment. The British Library, London.

Sometimes hard to face what is in the mirror, I guess.

The Hours of Dionora of Urbino associated with and possibly by Matteo da Milano of Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere via WTF Art History.

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