So could the undergarment be exposed, used like a outer gown and the
houppelande used like a coat?

De

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Dutch, I belive.  There's more text at the website -- higher up the
"tree" as it were.  Websearches on her name turn up a lot, too.  The
draped undersleeve like that is seen in several other paintings of this
time, most notably the Tres Riches Heures.

> http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-c-1454.z

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