Nurse with child on a pedestal

Nurse with child on a pedestal, Frankfurt on the Main, before 1706. Baroque pearl, gold, silver, gilded, enamel, rubies, diamonds. H 9,3 cm. Green Vault, VI 81 e. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

The unfastened dress of the nurse reveals the view of her plump breast, which, like the child's torso, is formed from a bumpy baroque pearl. The white, opaque enamel of the woman's face and arms as well as the little one's body was no longer painted over with a flesh-colored skin tone, so that the incarnate has something doll-like unnatural. Numerous diamonds decorate the hem of her blue-green enameled dress and the chair on which she sits. The curved shape of the pedestal is found in a number of the perlpretioses purchased by the Frankfurt dealer Guillaume Verbecq, but represents an unusual and original variant of this type. It is open on the front and not outside, but painted inside. His interior is transformed into a living room in this way: a tiled floor, tall windows lined with green curtains, tables, chairs, and a columned portico that opens the door to another room define the nurse's habitat. The nostalgia in the tradition of Dutch genre painting as well as the embedding of the figure in an environment connects the nurse with the skater (VI 96), which of course shows a more subtle way of implementation. In the collection of the Green Vault is another nurse with a child, who was bought by Verbecq together with her counterpart, a shoemaker. The two ivory figures, whose gilded silver base opened, were also placed in the corner cabinet. define the habitat of the nurse. The nostalgia in the tradition of Dutch genre painting as well as the embedding of the figure in an environment connects the nurse with the skater (VI 96), which of course shows a more subtle way of implementation. In the collection of the Green Vault is another nurse with a child, who was bought by Verbecq together with her counterpart, a shoemaker. The two ivory figures, whose gilded silver base opened, were also placed in the corner cabinet. define the habitat of the nurse. The nostalgia in the tradition of Dutch genre painting as well as the embedding of the figure in an environment connects the nurse with the skater (VI 96), which of course shows a more subtle way of implementation. In the collection of the Green Vault is another nurse with a child, who was bought by Verbecq together with her counterpart, a shoemaker. The two ivory figures, whose gilded silver base opened, were also placed in the corner cabinet. In the collection of the Green Vault is another nurse with a child, who was bought by Verbecq together with her counterpart, a shoemaker. The two ivory figures, whose gilded silver base opened, were also placed in the corner cabinet. In the collection of the Green Vault is another nurse with a child, who was bought by Verbecq together with her counterpart, a shoemaker. The two ivory figures, whose gilded silver base opened, were also placed in the corner cabinet.
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