Seville's most popular painter in the later 17th century was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
While Murillo is well known for works with religious themes, he also produced a number of genre paintings of figures from contemporary life engaged in ordinary pursuits. These pictures often possess a wistful charm; Two Women at a Window is a striking example. A standing woman attempts to hide a smile with her shawl as she peeks from behind a partially opened shutter, while a younger woman leans on the windowsill, gazing out at the viewer with amusement. The difference in their ages might indicate a chaperone and her charge, a familiar duo in upper-class Spanish households. Covering one's smile or laugh was considered good etiquette among the aristocracy.
The convincingly modeled, life-size figures, framed within an illusionistically painted window, derive from Dutch paintings that were meant to fool the eye.
这幅画依然是我很喜欢的风格,仅用了一扇窗便框出了拥有两个女人的美丽风景,趴着的看起来很年轻,眼神清澈单纯,似乎对外面的世界充满了想象和期待,她露肩的裙子展示着自己白皙的肌肤,打理的光滑的头发,用心的梳着发髻。头发上红色的两个精致的小发饰象征着她的活泼朝气。
身旁的妇人虽拿头巾遮住了面部,但是依旧可以看出她打理整齐的头发和她未能藏起来的笑容。
虽然牟利罗从小就失去了父母,但是从他的作品中我们总是能够看到他温柔似水的内心和对这个现实世界的热爱。
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