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Learn about Rembrandt's painting of a young woman leaning on a stone ledge, who looks directly at the viewer and invites them into the picture. Discover the techniques, meanings and stories behind this masterpiece of trompe l'oeil and explore the related resources.
A 1893 oil painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting a young girl in a darkened room gazing out at the city. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired the work in 2000 and exhibited it in various shows, including Munch Becoming Munch in 2008.
Young Woman at a Window is a 1925 oil on paper realist work by Salvador Dalí, produced in his youth. It shows the painter's sister Ana Maria, seen from behind in front of a window at Cadaqués. It is now in the Museo Reina Sofía, in Madrid. [1] It seems to be inspired by Caspar David Friedrich's Woman at a Window. It is an example of Rückenfigur.
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Painted in 1645 when the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) was thirty-nine years of age, this painting falls somewhere between a genre picture and a portrait. Leaning on a stone ledge, the girl wears a loose-fitting white blouse edged with gold braid, her curls tucked under a small cap.
Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811) Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt was thirty-nine, this image - falling somewhere between genre...
3.9K. 1 9.0 (1) The Girl by the Window 1893. by Edvard Munch. Edvard Munch’s life and art — particularly his iconic work [i]The Scream [/i] (1893; National Museum, Oslo) — have come to epitomize modern notions of anxiety. Yet the same year he painted his radical image, Munch was experimenting with other styles and themes.
Explore the story behind Rembrandt's Girl at a Window, a masterpiece of Baroque art at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and discover more artworks on Art UK.
