2-977-361 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Girl in a Large Hat, c.1645-c.1650. This woman with her wide sunhat and seductive, bared shoulder is similar to the enticing shepherdesses that often appear in Dutch paintings. She proffers a small basket of fruit to the viewer in an unmistakably erotic gesture. The picture was originally intended to be displayed high on a wall, above a door or mantelpiece. That is why she looks down at us.