I knew they were different paintings, and I agree with your assessment. I suppose the cruder one COULD have been a study for the latter, but I doubt it. I don't think the techniques match at all. And, in the rosier gown, the lady in question is looking off to her right - I bet there is or once was a companion piece of her husband that was meant to hang next to her.
That lovely rosy mauve color just really surprised me in a German gown - I hadn't seen it before. Pale pinks, salmon shades, yes. But this was new on me. It wouldn't be a hard color to get. Heck, it's the color I routinely get from cochineal when I'm trying for red. I was worried it might be an adulteration of the original color caused by the restoration mentioned by the museum. They don't say WHEN it was restored... and some of the early attempts could be pretty damaging to the painting.
I'm thinking a nice deep blue, for me. If I can find some silk or cotton velvet and a matching wool in that color. I like the monochrome look of it. And I need to spend some time with some of the sketches and woodcuts from the area to try to figure out the layers. That gown sits RIGHT on the tips of her shoulders. That seems to defy physics, unless it's pinned to an undergown somehow!
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Date: 2007-01-18 12:30 pm (UTC)That lovely rosy mauve color just really surprised me in a German gown - I hadn't seen it before. Pale pinks, salmon shades, yes. But this was new on me. It wouldn't be a hard color to get. Heck, it's the color I routinely get from cochineal when I'm trying for red. I was worried it might be an adulteration of the original color caused by the restoration mentioned by the museum. They don't say WHEN it was restored... and some of the early attempts could be pretty damaging to the painting.
I'm thinking a nice deep blue, for me. If I can find some silk or cotton velvet and a matching wool in that color. I like the monochrome look of it. And I need to spend some time with some of the sketches and woodcuts from the area to try to figure out the layers. That gown sits RIGHT on the tips of her shoulders. That seems to defy physics, unless it's pinned to an undergown somehow!
Thanks for the help!