Has anyone contacted the museum? Kate 609-570-3584 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:15 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting
Robin Netherton wrote: > > The "clean" painting has muddy areas where the pot was, and the man's > garments are still pulled open and turned up inexplicably. The bawdy > version is the older one. > > But that would suggest that the repainting was very recent -- since modern > color photography -- or we would not have both images. Unlikely, that. Two > possibilities I can think of: > "Interieur mit fröhlicher Gesellschaft" (Interior with Happy Gathering) Buytewech, Willem Pietersz 1622/1624 Or, the bowdlerized version was recently restored. That might also account for the brighter colors of the one version. On a quick search I wasn't able to find anything about the painting, though. Dawn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
