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arrow-up137imageGirl Reading at an Open Window - Vermeer (1657-59)upload.wikimedia.org craftyindividual ( @craftyindividual@lemm.ee ) M artporn@lemm.ee • 5 months ago message-square10fedilink
minus-square snooggums ( @snooggums@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoI am fascinated by fact that the upper right is where someone painted a painting.
minus-square apis ( @apis@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-25 months agoHad a wee gander at the entry about the painting on Wikipedia, and learned that that part had been painted over after Vermeer’s death, only to be revealed by restoration in 2021! EDIT: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cat_about/open.html
minus-square craftyindividual ( @craftyindividual@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilink3•5 months agoExciting, thanks.
minus-square Paradachshund ( @Paradachshund@lemmy.today ) linkfedilink4•5 months agoIt feels like a flex when painters paint paintings inside their paintings.
minus-square apis ( @apis@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoFascinated by what it is saying to us about the rest of the painting, and the beholder. Some story going on here!
minus-square craftyindividual ( @craftyindividual@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilink2•5 months agoThere’s always a lot going on with Vermeer. Often female subjects and the lower classes.
minus-square craftyindividual ( @craftyindividual@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilink2•edit-25 months ago Always a story and suspense.
I am fascinated by fact that the upper right is where someone painted a painting.
Had a wee gander at the entry about the painting on Wikipedia, and learned that that part had been painted over after Vermeer’s death, only to be revealed by restoration in 2021!
EDIT: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cat_about/open.html
Exciting, thanks.
It feels like a flex when painters paint paintings inside their paintings.
Fascinated by what it is saying to us about the rest of the painting, and the beholder.
Some story going on here!
There’s always a lot going on with Vermeer. Often female subjects and the lower classes.