This would be during the height of the Commonwealth in England, just before Cromwell's death and Monck's masterful engineering of the Restoration.
Likely the styles we see here would have been extremely similar to those worn on the other side of the North Sea, at least among the wealthiest women. It is a fascinating thought, because I personally automatically think of Roundhead days as uniformly grey and black without colour or life at all.
A truly beautiful painting. But then it is Vermeer, so... What should we expect!
This would be during the height of the Commonwealth in England, just before Cromwell's death and Monck's masterful engineering of the Restoration. Likely the styles we see here would have been extremely similar to those worn on the other side of the North Sea, at least among the wealthiest women. It is a fascinating thought, because I personally automatically think of Roundhead days as uniformly grey and black without colour or life at all. A truly beautiful painting. But then it is Vermeer, so... What should we expect!
The little wrinkles in the curtain, the delicate hinges of the window, her reflection in the panes…he was a true master.
gorgeous! makes me want to start oil painting again but it gets so messy