Isabella had been waiting a long time for such tender attention, concealed beneath a 19th-century overpainting depicting a daintier featured woman reputed to be Eleanor of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second Duke of Florence.
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For those who dont know, the ‘cleaned’ painting on the right looks so different because they not only removed varnish — but also old victorian paint that was painted over the original painting
