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Who painted "Young Girl with a Flute" in 1659?
I can only find this painting listed as by Vermeer but the date appears to be wrong
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spursfan
I can only find this painting listed as by Vermeer but the date appears to be wrong
Thanks
spursfan
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This painting has had a long and troubled existence, especially concerning its provenance. Here's a good site of interest:
http://www. essentialv.. ./cat_about/ flute.html
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14:05 Thu 19th Apr 2012
This painting has had a long and troubled existence, especially concerning its provenance. Here's a good site of interest:
http://www.essentialv.../cat_about/flute.html
http://www.essentialv.../cat_about/flute.html
it's unusual for a Vermeer - as far as I know it's the only one in which the woman stares straight at the viewer. (Others do look at you but are twisting their bodies to do so.) Of course, he may just have decided to do something different for a change; but it does leave the way open for scholars to question its authenticity