Noblewoman of Milan; 15th century. She wears her hair in a bonnet or perruque; white blouse; scarlet simar with slashed puff sleeves decorated with gold bows to the elbow; tight cuffs. She wears earrings; unusual for the era. From a portrait in Brera Gallery; Milan. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries; Levy Fils; Paris; 1861.