. What pictures to see in America. oom withreflected light, bringing out the values of thered curtains at the window, the newel post andthe lower stair step; then the diffused light en-ters the living room and here the red slipper ofthe woman standing, the flame in the fireplaceand the rich stuffs at the window and on themantel are bright spots of color that brightenand give joy to the scene. Although de Hooch took most of his sub-jects from humble life, he was an aristocratin his manner of painting them. His heartwas full of love for the sunshine of life andhe radiates that love from all his
. What pictures to see in America. oom withreflected light, bringing out the values of thered curtains at the window, the newel post andthe lower stair step; then the diffused light en-ters the living room and here the red slipper ofthe woman standing, the flame in the fireplaceand the rich stuffs at the window and on themantel are bright spots of color that brightenand give joy to the scene. Although de Hooch took most of his sub-jects from humble life, he was an aristocratin his manner of painting them. His heartwas full of love for the sunshine of life andhe radiates that love from all his works. Nicolaes Maes (1632-1693), though a pu-pil of Rembrandt, never lost his own indi-viduality. At first he painted portraits, hu-moring the people because they wanted like-nesses, but in portraiture he was not at hisbest. He loved the life of the people and thehome. In the J^^^o^^s Husband (Fig. 5)we feel the element of the home, but we do notfor one moment forget the people. The hus-band, standing on the lower stair step with. Fig. 5—Jealous Husband. Xicolaes Maes. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
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