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Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…