ext_207721 ([identity profile] foxxydancr.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rumtastique 2009-04-06 03:11 pm (UTC)

some scholars have argued that it's a portrait of his common law wife, Hendrickje Stoffels. Either way, he had at least one wife and several mistresses, so there is documentable precedent for him having actually looked at a nude woman.

Also, I really love this painting.

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