Artist Jan Havicksz portrays an intimate moment in which a young woman undresses before going to bed to wash herself after a long day in which she removes only a stocking. The slit left by her garter is visible just below her knee. Her raised skirt allows the viewer a peak down the length of her bare legs. The explicit eroticism of the image was not always favoured. Until a hundred years ago, a petticoat was painted over the thighs.
Collection: Images
Project: 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe., 8. Women and the change for gender equality in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-4052
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on panel (37 x 27,5 cm)
Source: Rijksmuseum (Ámsterdam)
Language: English
Date: 1655-60
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: SK-A-4052
Copyright: Rijksmuseum (Ámsterdam)
Abstract: Everyday scene of a woman in an interior removing her stockings
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