The Bathers

Maximilien Luce

1890

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On the right, a man leans forward in his chair over a desk. On the left, another man, with his hands on the desk, leans forward towards the other man.
Eertvelt was a marine painter. He is seen here in portrait from the waist up. He is turned to the proper left with his head turned, facing almost front. Behind him is a scene of the ocean with a ship and voluptuous clouds. This is from the Gillis Hendricx edition of the Iconography (Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum, Pictorum Chalcographorum Statuorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriae Artis Numero Centum), 1632-44.
A figure stands facing a seated couple. His left arm is folded across his chest.
Cour, 12 rue Pierre-au-Lard, Eugène Atget, gelatin silver print on printing-out paper