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Reading by Candlelight

By Drharrietd @drharrietd

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A kind occasional visitor to this blog sent me this picture a few days ago. It's by the Danish artist Poul Friis Nybo (1869-1929). For reasons that have never been clear to me, the Danish painters of this period had a special liking for painting women from the back. I have shown you a few on here before, and have some others lined up. This one is apparently coming up for auction at Christies, though I couldn't find it on their website, so if you are a rich art collector you can go along and buy it for yourself.


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