Lady at Her Toilet (detail), 1667, oil on panel, 75.5 x 58 (29 3/4 x 22 3/4), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam

 

Wine and Chair

The cooling wine and the chair positioned as if to receive a visitor suggest that the theme of the painting is seduction. But who is the lady seducing? Through her reflection (see detail) in the mirror she glances directly at the viewer, who might be seduced as well by the beautiful surface of the painting.



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