User:VitoBroleone/sandbox
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| A Woman at Her Toilet | |
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| Artist | Jan Steen |
| Year | 1663 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65.8 cm × 53 cm (25.9 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Buckingham Palace, London |
A Woman at her Toilet is a 1663 painting by Jan Steen. It is on display at Buckingham Palace and is a part of the Royal Collection, having been acquired by King George IV in 1821.[1] The painting depicts a woman at her toilet and is full of sexual innuendo and word play.
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[edit]- ^ "A Woman at her Toilet". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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Interpretation
[edit]In this piece from Jan Steen, a woman sits on her bed with a rather suggestive look while putting on her stocking. The woman is facing the viewer, which in the case of the painting, could mean a man looking at her through the doorway. She has a stare across her face, with no desire to cover up her legs with her dress or her partially exposed breast with her jacket. Her slight smile and risqué position gives off the possible notion for hedonistic pleasures. The open curtains around her bed also play into the inviting theme, something that was very private for women of this time. The woman’s chamber pot is seen on the floor by the bed, which supplies the name for this work.
The bedroom doorway of the woman has a very stable appearance of marble stone. The columns on each side have Steen’s name and the year of the painting, with the appearance of it being carved into them.
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[edit]Article Evaluation: The Blinding of Samson - Rembrandt painting
[edit]The article written is short with information, but it describes when it was painted, the purpose of why Rembrandt had painted it and where it lies now. However, the style of the painting could be described and some more details of its journey could be added. The citation links that are included in the article provide some information in reference to what the blinding of Samson was about and who Samson was. The two external links included are from an art history site and the art museum where the piece is at today. There are no conversations that have been made about the article, but it does show it is a part of three different WikiProjects (Visual Arts, Netherlands, and Bible). The article has been rated a Stub-class.
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