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Terborch is credited with inventing the high-life interior genre scene, which became so popular in Holland in the third quarter of the seventeenth century, and which has continued to enchant collectors ever since. One of his earliest themes was that of a 'Woman at her Toilet' which he went on to repeat in many works of the 1650s, sometimes investing it with emblematic associations of sensuality, vanity or transience. The subject in the present picture is given added resonance by the presence of an unlit candle, which, according to the emblem books of Jacob Cats and Otto van Veen, symbolises the nature of Love, which may be rekindled in an instant. The Wallace Collection’s picture has been dated c.1657–1658.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

A Lady Dressing Her Hair

Date

c.1657–1658

Medium

oil on oak panel

Measurements

H 36.6 x W 28 cm

Accession number

P235

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir Richard Wallace, 1872; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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