22 April 2012

"Maid reading in a library"


By Edouard John Mentha (late 19th - early 20th century).

From the Still Life Quick Heart tumblr, via Book Porn.

10 comments:

  1. Lovely! I like the skull the best!

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    1. Not something that you didn't know already, but for the record, it is a Vanitas:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas

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    2. I didn't know that. Thank you Paulo. You learn something every day...

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  2. And I like the goldfish bowl.
    The room appears to be filled with taxidermy, art and curios.
    Lovely!

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    1. Sort of like a cabinet of curiosities -

      http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/08/wunderkammer-cabinets-of-curiosities.html

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  3. Love the painting, but where did she find the book she's reading? The shelves hold only large volumes.

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    1. It's quite obvious it must have been hidden in among the large volumes... thus her keen interest in it. ;)

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  4. Now this is definitely a panting I could see in my den. Now if I only had a den...

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  5. My 2012 wall calendar depicts, for each month, a painting in which someone is reading, mostly from the 19th century. I've never seen this one before, though. Which goes to show there are a lot of paintings out there of people reading...

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  6. I would really like to purchase a reprint of this painting, but cannot find it anywhere on-line. Does anyone know of a source for this print?

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