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Lit brightly against an otherwise shadowy room, a seated, older woman and a standing young boy face each near a spinning wheel in this horizontal painting. Both have pale skin. The woman sits in a wooden chair facing our left in profile, as she cuts a slice into the top of a brown loaf in her lap. Her eyes and downturned mouth are lined with wrinkles, and jowls sag along her jawline. She has slightly protruding eyes, and the skin of her neck hangs a little loose. Her head is wrapped in a white, lace-edged scarf, which is gathered at the base of her skull. She wears a white, pleated ruff…

Saying Grace

Frans van Mieris (Dutch, 1635 - 1681)

c. 1650/1655 · oil on panel

National Gallery of Art · Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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