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The portrait of Isabella de Cosimo I de Medici and the hidden painting under the polished image

It is past midnight in The Hague, the Netherlands, and I walk back to my hotel, wondering how Dutch people can bike with such energy and ease even at this ungodly hour of the day. I am full of admiration for them. They are pedalling fast, I am walking slowly.…

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