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Lady and Cavalier, c.1680 (oil on oak panel)

Lady and Cavalier, c.1680 (oil on oak panel)
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TWC5911589
Image title
Lady and Cavalier, c.1680 (oil on oak panel)
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Artist
Mieris, Jan van (1660-90) / Dutch
Location
Wallace Collection, London, UK
Medium
oil on oak panel
Date
c. 1680 AD (C17th AD)
Dimensions
29x22 cms
Image description

Son of Frans van Mieris the Elder and elder brother of Willem, Jan van Mieris was taught by his father. His early subjects seem to have been genre scenes, but he later began to paint historical subjects. Lady and Cavalier is a scene of seduction, as implied by the painting in the background of the room, which shows Apollo’s pursuit of the nymph Daphne in the classical poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Smoking and drinking were considered dangerous vices in seventeenth-century Holland, and their presence in the painting allude to dangerous moral licence. The lit candle is symbolic of the mutual desire between the painting’s protagonists, whilst the inclusion of a large bed behind the cavalier is a less subtle reminder.

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© Wallace Collection, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
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beer / alcohol / drink / candle / mythology / lady / cavalier / female / woman / interior / intimate / baroque / flirt / flirting / flirtatious / flirtation / smoking / pipe / candlelit / bedroom / boudoir / domestic / jug / plying / wine / serving / seductive / seduction / seducing / femme fatale / desire / myth / mythology / Vice / suggestive / risque / Painting / Mzpainting

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