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Now click on Leyster’s self-portrait to reveal the artist’s original plan for her painting. This infrared photograph shows what is underneath the top layer of paint. What do you see?
The painting on the easel was originally a self-portrait of Leyster. But she changed her mind and painted the violin player over it because her most successful and profitable paintings were scenes of merrymakers, a type of picture very popular with customers.
She must have decided that this painting could advertise several messages
at once: I am a successful, sought-after painter; I can paint great portraits;
and I’m skilled at painting lively scenes of people.
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Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630
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