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HENDRICK POT (HAARLEM C.1585-AMSTERDAM 1657)
Lady and Gentleman in an Interior, 'A startling Introduction'
RCIN 405520
The exact subject of this painting is not known but the gist is obvious: a chaste lady threatens to stab herself rather than submit to the advances of a gentleman, who appears duly abashed. The dogs hint at the vice in the story; the shaft of light at the virtue.
Acquired by Charles I
Cat. 18
