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Lady at the dressing table
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Lady at the dressing table

Carl Wilhelm Mieling · 1825 - 1903 · lithography; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A lady in a 17th-century morning gown sits at her dressing table. She strokes a lapdog while a maid does her hair. A servant holds a cup and saucer. A garment is draped over an armchair. A four-poster bed against the back wall. In the painting by Netscher (ca. 1665) (V&A), the jacket is bright red and the petticoat yellow.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printhouse personnel, servantsdog
Credit lineDame aan toilettafel. 1825 - 1903. Carl Wilhelm Mieling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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