Portrait of a Gentlewoman, by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, 1640 about, 17th Century, oil on canvas, cm 201,5 x 120. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Municipal Art Collections, Palazzo Accursio. All. Female figure of noble features. The portrait dominates a wall the color of which has faded the light that barely illuminates it is far but strong enough to animate the purple red color of the raised curtain, matched with the table cloth, andto enrich with silvered transparence the laces on the collar and around the cuffs of the black dress cloth, as well as the feathers of the fan and the crystal pearls of the long necklace.