DW Behind The Curtain August 11, 2022
For the plans with. Ah, for ah, a deceptively simple image, yon premiers girl reading a letter at an open window from 1657 standing just beyond the curtain. She seems peaceful at one with herself and the moment. The letter hints at the presence of the world outside and into this calm, intimate moment, a figure intrudes a naked cupid. The god of love and desire was detected in an x ray analysis decades ago, but was largely ignored by the art world. Now hes made a dramatic re entrance, a new restoration made clear that the cupid had been painted over by another artist after vermeer of death. The...
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