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14/06/17.MUSEUMS RESOURCE CENTRE - GLASGOW.Pictured is Pippa Stephenson, Curator of European Art at Glasgow Museums.International specialists in the field of art history, led by the University of Glasgow in partnership with Glasgow Museums, have launched a collaborative research project centring around one of Glasgows most famous paintings, the Lady in a Fur Wrap, attributed to El Greco (15411614) in a bid to learn more about this masterpiece..The Lady in a Fur Wrap has fascinated viewers ever since it was exhibited in the Louvre, Paris, in 1838. Since then, the paintings fame has been linked to the rise in the international reputation of El Greco as its creator, yet it presents a conundrum. Direct, informal portraits of Early Modern women such as this are extremely rare and probably unique in a Spanish context. Although there is no definitive agreement, this has led some modern scholars to propose a number of new possibilities regarding who painted it, when, and who is featured in the painting..Through comparison with other relevant works in the Stirling Maxwell collection and drawing on the results of similar research on paintings held by international institutions such as the Prado Museum, the project will explore questions of artistic technique, attribution and identity. It will do so using scientific analysis as well as research methods involving the history of dress, society and collecting, in an attempt to unpack the complex history and significance of this unique painting and, in time, provide a fuller understanding of who painted it, who it might represent and when it was created.