I agree with Karen. Though I think the general outlines of this
outfit are correct, it looks like an idealized genre painting.
Melanie Schuessler
On Jun 19, 2009, at 1:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I don't think it's necessarily a painting of a real woman. I think
it's a painting for an aristocratic audience who likes to think of
the peasantry as happy and prosperous so it's an idealized image
that may have never actually existed. I believe that the general
style is quite accurate but the richness of the fabrics and trim
may be a nod to the audiences expectations.
Karen
Seamstrix
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