Why it matters
Not a slave at all: the young noblewoman wears a balzo, a fashionable headdress misread as a turban, and holds a feather fan.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1533.
- It is also called Portrait of a Young Woman.
- It came to Parma from the Uffizi in 1928.
Based on the Wikipedia article Turkish Slave (CC BY-SA 4.0).
