Three Young White Men and a Black Woman
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| - | ''[[Three Young White Men and a Black Woman]]'' is a painting by [[Dutch painter]] [[Christiaen van Couwenbergh]]. | + | ''[[Three Young White Men and a Black Woman]]''[http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/343937501/note-to-self-add-to-baroquerotica-three-young] is a painting by [[Dutch painter]] [[Christiaen van Couwenbergh]]. The painting is dated [[1632]] and is located at the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg]] |
| - | The painting is dated [[1632]] and is located at the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg]] | + | |
| - | :"In this painting the history painter Van Couwenbergh illustrated an episode from an unidentified story. A white man sits at the foot of a bed holding a black woman on his lap. Both are naked. The woman looks frightened and is putting up a violent struggle. The man casts an amused glance at his companion on the left, who is naked but for a loincloth which he holds in place with one hand. He points at the woman and grins in our direction , as if sharing a joke with us. A third young man lifts his hands to the sky in surprise or dismay. He is a minor character, possibly a servant, and the only person who is fully dressed. A chamberpot stands on a triangular stool beside the bed. "[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/couwenbe/3young_m.html] | + | :"In this painting the history painter Van Couwenbergh illustrated an episode from an unidentified story. A [[white man]] sits at the foot of a bed holding a [[black woman]] on his [[lap]]. Both are [[naked]]. The woman looks frightened and is putting up a violent [[struggle]]. The man casts an amused glance at his companion on the left, who is naked but for a [[loincloth]] which he holds in place with one hand. He points at the woman and grins in our direction, as if sharing a joke with us. A third young man lifts his hands to the sky in surprise or [[dismay]]. He is a minor character, possibly a servant, and the only person who is fully dressed. A [[chamberpot]] stands on a triangular stool beside the bed." --''[[Dutch Classicism in Seventeenth-Century]]'' by [[Albert Blankert]]. |
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Three Young White Men and a Black Woman[1] is a painting by Dutch painter Christiaen van Couwenbergh. The painting is dated 1632 and is located at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
- "In this painting the history painter Van Couwenbergh illustrated an episode from an unidentified story. A white man sits at the foot of a bed holding a black woman on his lap. Both are naked. The woman looks frightened and is putting up a violent struggle. The man casts an amused glance at his companion on the left, who is naked but for a loincloth which he holds in place with one hand. He points at the woman and grins in our direction, as if sharing a joke with us. A third young man lifts his hands to the sky in surprise or dismay. He is a minor character, possibly a servant, and the only person who is fully dressed. A chamberpot stands on a triangular stool beside the bed." --Dutch Classicism in Seventeenth-Century by Albert Blankert.
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