SuperRare

This portrait with the title "Face of a woman from the Hafer family" dates back to the 1470s and is by an unknown artist from the Swabi school. Swabia was a region located in the south of Germany and had talented painters, most of whom remain unknown at this time. This portrait you see is one of the most famous portrait paintings from the Renaissance era in the northern regions of Europe. The strange and interesting thing about this portrait is the presence of a "fly" on the scarf of the woman in this painting!
Renaissance artists did everything to prove their artistic skills; The presence of this realistic fly in this portrait is probably because the artist was trying to play with the minds of the audience and deceive them. This fly is painted so naturally that for centuries after its creation, anyone standing in front of this painting thought it was a live fly sitting on this painting!

This portrait reflects the Renaissance fascination with realism and the natural world, demonstrating how artists sought to capture not just likeness but also a sense of presence.