A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House 1655-60

(after an artwork by Samuel Van Hoogstraten) How we like this eavesdropping with alternating eyes, and how he planned just what we’d see from either side. The dog would always be looking at us, the cat, arching its back, and the conspiratorial busts were above all this, either fixed or floating, depending on where you … Continue reading A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House 1655-60