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Oval portrait of a young nun in a black veil and white wimple, hands clasped in prayer, gazing upward.

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A Nun, Jean-Gabriel Scheffer (1822), Royal Collection. Via artnap.com

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A painting titled A Nun by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer, dated 1822, shows a young woman in a dark veil and white wimple with her hands clasped in prayer and her eyes raised upward against a warm brown background. The figure is set within an oval composition framed by gilded ornamental corners.

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