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Seated woman in red skirt and white collar making lace with bobbins beside a stoneware jug in a dark interior.

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Lace-Maker, Gabriel Metsu (1629), Hermitage Museum. Via artnap.com

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A seated woman in a grey bodice with a white collar and a red skirt works on lace with bobbins held in her hands. A stoneware jug and a clay pipe rest on a table at the right against a dark interior wall. The work is Gabriel Metsu's Lace-Maker, dated 1629, held by the Hermitage Museum.

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Date

1629

Medium

Painting

Museum

Hermitage Museum

License

Public domain

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