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Musical Group on a
Balcony Oil on panel, 309.9 x 216.4 cm, by Gerrit van Honthorst, 1622 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Joyful, singing figures in vivid attire crowd a balcony, accompanied by a parrot and dog, drawing viewers into their lively, playful scene, with the man’s head at the top added later. After returning from Italy, Honthorst created this illusionistic ceiling, employing precise perspective to give the impression that the figures emerge convincingly from the flat surface. |
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