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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This painting exemplifies the popularity of the motif of the black page in Dutch portraiture. The presence of the black servant, like the elegant lace and satin of the girl's dress or the hound by her side, is a status symbol which anchors the portrait in a certain social world. Philip Vilain thus represented the young sitter as member of a rich household that had benefited from the Dutch involvement in colonial trade. | Subjects: | portrait; animal (dog) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vilain, Philip (Dutch artist, active 1694-1717) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8961... | Go to resource |
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