Netherlandish style portrait of an alien called Margaret. 18x24cm poplar panel in hand carved solid oak silled frame with polychromy and pastiglia allowing her to put her hand outside the picture plane and into the real world that the frame exists in.
She is wearing a traditional 15th century Dutch headdress and a red and gold brocade top with white fur and ermine trim.

Details in the headdress and here translucent, shiny skin.

Detail of the gold brocade and the white fur with ermine

Using gesso pastiglia, the two lingers on her right hand protrude out of the plane of the painting, in three dimensions, into the real world.