Costumbres; música; formación; Holanda; Veermer; flirteo; siglo XVII; virginal; Leiden Collection - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:38:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Costumbres; música; formación; Holanda; Veermer; flirteo; siglo XVII; virginal; Leiden Collection - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Woman sitting in front of the virginal https://historylab.es/woman-sitting-in-front-of-the-virginal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-sitting-in-front-of-the-virginal Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:48 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-sentada-ante-el-virginal/ Everyday scene from 17th century Holland in which a woman plays the virginal

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]]> In Veermer’s work, music is used for the purpose of courtship. In this work, the spectator on whom the woman gazes assumes the role of potential suitor. However, it is worth adding how young Dutch boys incorporated music into their education as a method of distinction. The tight curls, the red ribbons and the strand of small pearls in her hair indicate that she is a young lady of good education and fine sensibilities. The expression, although abstracted as in some of Veermer’s other late works, suggests that she is a real person with emotions and feelings.

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