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Seated Woman in Spanish Attire
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (mentioned on object), 1545
The woman depicted here wears a Spanish verdugado, a conical skirt stiffened with horizontal bands. The spectacular effect of light and dark perfectly shows off the raised edges and folds of the fabric. Vermeyen introduced extensive cross-hatching in the right half of the etching, thereby casting the scene almost entirely in shadow. The outlines of a sleeping dog can just be made out in the darkness.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1964-218
- Dimensionsheight 250 mm x width 174 mm
- Physical characteristicsets