Monday, June 10, 2013


"St. Praxedis"
Jan Vermeer 1632-75
[There has always been some doubt if this is a genuine Vermeer. It’s a copy of one with the same title by the Florence painter Felice Ficherelli 1605-60. Praxedis was a Roman virgin who tended the bodies of Christian martyrs.]
 
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