Headdress or scarf: detail from The Virgin of Milk. 16th Century AD

The Virgin Mary wearing a headdress (Portuguese Mantel). Detail from The Virgin of Milk, Flemish school after a model by Joos van Cleve, 16th century. The mantel a sort of a scarf, in a fine tissue, used by all social classes.

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