Salomon
de Bray
Young
Woman Combing Her Hair
ca.
1635
oil
on canvas
54
x 46 cm
Musée
de Louvre, Paris
Because of the light-dark
contrast and the zoom-in on the model, the painting of Salomon de Bray obtains
intimacy. It draws our eye in. It makes us voyeur of the scene.
The model in my painting
has a confronting look. ‘Look at me, I’m wearing a blonde wig, I am fully aware
of my appearance’.
Katinka Lampe 2013
Katinka
Lampe (NL)
141122
2012
oil
on linen
140
x 110 cm
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