Dresden's Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister unveiled the first full image of “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window,” featuring a restored Cupid, today. Johannes ...
The discovery of a hidden Cupid in a Dresden Vermeer is a vivid reminder of quite how important “pictures within pictures” are for appreciating the Delft master’s enigmatic genre scenes. Of Johannes ...
After nearly three centuries behind a layer of paint, a naked Cupid has surfaced in one of the world’s best-loved artworks, drastically altering the background of a quiet interior scene. The plump, ...
The unrestored version of ‘Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (around 1657-59) by Johannes Vermeer. air junk / YouTube Even with the restoration’s detractors aside, there’s no denying that the ...
Jacques-Louis David was in exile in Belgium when he turned to erotic mythology Jacques-Louis David was one of art history’s great propagandists. His lifetime (1748-1825) overlapped with the last days ...
For around three centuries, the girl reading a letter in the dimly-lit solitude of a Johannes Vermeer painting gave no indication of what the message contained. Facing an open window, her figure ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Louvre Museum in France has sent its famous "Cupid and Psyche" painting to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for a show. It is the first time the ...
The discovery of a hidden Cupid in a Dresden Vermeer is a vivid reminder of quite how important “pictures within pictures” are for appreciating the Delft master’s enigmatic genre scenes. Of Johannes ...
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