Reading is sexy #604

The World of Interiors, November 2013. Photo - Bill Batten

The World of Interiors, November 2013. Photo - Bill Batten

Sean Anthony Pritchard

The pedimented mantel in the hall comes from Ardgillan in County Dublin and is made of Kilkenny marble. Combined with the arms of the Gorges family of County Meath, set within, it provides a focal point in the hall and a fine setting for the fire that burns continuously through the winter months.

In an Irish House, 1988

Valley of Romsdalen (1857) - Johan Fredrik Eckersberg

The market cart by Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)

MWW Artwork of the Day (4/22/24) Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639-1684) A Lady Teaching a Child to Read ('La Maîtresse d'école')(c. 1670-79) Oil on oak panel, 45.1 x 37 cm. National Gallery, London

Netscher intends a deliberate contrast between the industry of the girl who is being taught to read and the idleness of the boy, who prefers to play with the dog and knucklebone. On the wall behind is a small copy of Rubens's 'The Brazen Serpent', the original of which is in the National Gallery's Collection. Netscher, who was a portrait and genre painter, trained with Gerard ter Borch, but later his style became strongly influenced by Anthony Van Dyck and his followers in The Hague.