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Italian peasant costume, characterised by a loose ankle-length skirt, a plain buttoned blouse, a wide brimmed black hat and coral necklace and earrings. Several of Knights's paintings include self-portraits,
320:. Knights' depiction of the deluge went through several versions, including a foreground scene of Noah and his family loading the animals onto the Ark. However, as time ran out Knights was forced to simplify her composition with people fleeing the rising waters and escaping to higher ground,
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