Why does this lady have a fly on her head?

 
“As we look at this portrait of a woman with an elaborate white headdress, one of the first things that grabs our attention is the fact that there's a fly on the painting ... but upon closer inspection, the fly is IN the painting, or rather, the artist painted the fly as part of the portrait.  What is going on here??? Share this page via: The official title of this painting is Portrait of a Woman of the Hofer Family, and it was painted around 1470 by an unknown artist from the ‘Swabian"’area of Europe.  Never heard of Swabia?  In the middle ages, it covered an area including southern Germany, part of Switzerland, and part of France. ...”

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