To: HandyDandy
The fruit was a profound hint for the contemporaneous audience. Nothing in painting of that era was “just a grocery list.”
30 posted on
08/31/2021 6:12:58 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace.)
To: Tax-chick
I concur with the author of the article.
”What was once thought to be a somewhat glum depiction of a young girl reading near a window is now an amorous portrayal thanks to the unveiling of a naked Cupid hanging in the background.”
To: Tax-chick; Ezekiel
I can even see the fruit flies hovering around the fruit.

40 posted on
08/31/2021 9:07:14 PM PDT by
Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
To: Tax-chick; Ezekiel
I can even see the fruit flies hovering around the fruit.

41 posted on
08/31/2021 9:08:20 PM PDT by
Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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