In 1971, Mario Roymans stole this painting and tried to ransom it using the name "Tilj ["till"] van Limburg" to raise money for victims of the Bangladeshi genocide. A crumpled piece of paper at its bottom right contains a nonsensical musical score and lies beneath a floral tapestry that serves as the repoussoir for this painting. The foreground of this painting includes a shadowy map rendered at a very sharp angle, while the floor is patterned in marbled white andX-shaped black tiles. A hearth, as well as a seascape with a boat and a landscape with a traveler, hang on the back wall shown in this painting. Morning slippers and a broom appear in front of this painting's two people: a woman in blue who gazes with disapproval, and a woman dressed in yellow who holds a lute in one hand and the title object in the other. For 10 points, name this genre scene by Jan Verm
In 1971, Mario Roymans stole this painting and tried to ransom it using the name "Tilj ["till"] van Limburg" to raise money for victims of the Bangladeshi genocide. A crumpled piece of paper at its bottom right contains a nonsensical musical score and lies beneath a floral tapestry that serves as the repoussoir for this painting. The foreground of this painting includes a shadowy map rendered at a very sharp angle, while the floor is patterned in marbled white andX-shaped black tiles. A hearth, as well as a seascape with a boat and a landscape with a traveler, hang on the back wall shown in this painting. Morning slippers and a broom appear in front of this painting's two people: a woman in blue who gazes with disapproval, and a woman dressed in yellow who holds a lute in one hand and the title object in the other. For 10 points, name this genre scene by Jan Vermeer in which a maid gives a woman a secret document.
In 1971, Mario Roymans stole this painting and tried to ransom it using the name "Tilj ["till"] van Limburg" to raise money for victims of the Bangladeshi genocide.