tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post5706903735369822205..comments2024-03-28T18:09:06.163+01:00Comments on Fx Reflects: Le Peseur d’or et sa femme, Quentin Metsys, 1514Frances Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601712331094033951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-8838946843943174572010-01-15T00:07:11.813+01:002010-01-15T00:07:11.813+01:00I thought it was the bible, but then I read somewh...I thought it was the bible, but then I read somewhere it was the book of hours which completely trashes my reading of it. The two figures look like town gossips - and for me, it's not the placement of the hands I find interesting, it's the hands themselves, they are like something out of an El Greco.Frances Guerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601712331094033951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-34669145425140807492010-01-14T02:30:30.721+01:002010-01-14T02:30:30.721+01:00Hi, Frances. Can you say a bit more about a., the ...Hi, Frances. Can you say a bit more about a., the illustration in the book, which appears to reference the very woman reading it, b., the open doorway in the upper right, which appears to look across a courtyard into another door, and c., the position of her hands. Wicked weird.John Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11859842135400223396noreply@blogger.com