A mask can barely be seen on the table in this painting, which is partly covered by a large set of blue and gold drapes.
The artist of this painting refused to sell it to settle his debts, leaving his widow to bequeath it to her mother Maria Thins to keep the creditors away. A mask can barely be seen on the table in this painting, which is partly covered by a large set of blue and gold drapes. In a canvas by Dali, the subject of this painting balances a bottle of wine on his massively outstretched right leg. The uppermost part of a chandelier hanging from the ceiling in this painting is decorated with a double-headed eagle. A woman in this painting, who carries a trumpet, holds a yellow-colored volume of Thucydides, and wears a blue (*) laurel and a blue robe, symbolizes Clio, the Muse of History. A crease in the large map in this painting's back wall signifies the political division between the independent northern and Habsburg southern Dutch provinces. Sitting on a chair on a checkered floor in this painting, a man works at his easel. For 10 points, name this painting in which Vermeer depicts someone of his profession, maybe even himself, hard at work.
The artist of this painting refused to sell it to settle his debts, leaving his widow to bequeath it to her mother Maria Thins to keep the creditors away.
The Art of Painting [or The Art of Painting; or The Allegory of Painting; or Painter in his Studio; or The Artist in his Studio]