#sheer bertha

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Back to the mid-1600s (from top to bottom) -

Woman Washing her Hands by Eglon van der Neer (Mauritshuis - Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). From pubhist.com/w40585 807X1000 @72 309kj.

ca. 1660 Lady playing a lute with a gentleman seated at a table in an interior by Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (Sotheby's - 28Jan16 auction Lot 28)2880X3782 @72 3.3Mj.

1665 La Grande Dame by Eglon Van der Neer (private collection). From Wijimedia; fixed some cracks, spots, & veiling reflections w Pshop 1721X2048 @72 1.7Mj.

ca. 1666-1670 Isabella d'Este by Frans Denys (Galleria Nazionale - Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy). From tumblr.com/roehenstart; fixed spots w Pshop 1022X1280 @72 394kj.

1669 Woman at a virginal with a cittern on her lap, accompanied by a man by Eglon van der Neer (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen - Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). From Wikimedia 2802X3430 @72 2.1Mj.

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1670 Woman by Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel (Hermitage). From tumblr.com/baroque-beauty-24 1228X1478 @72 328kj.

ca. 1670 Gentleman and his wife with their four children in an interior by Eglon Hendrick van der Neer (Sotheby's -  Old Master Paintings Lot 18). Fixed spots & flaws w Pshop  2024X2288 @72 1.5Mj.

Lady with a Girl attributed to Henri Beaubrun (Hermitage). From tumblr.com/blog/view/la-reinette; fixed spots and gouge marks w Pshop 1214X1920 @72 1.2Mj.

1673 Young woman with a letter and two servants in a distinguished interior by Eglon van der Neer (private collection). From Wikimedia; fixed spots w Pshop 2061X2578 @72 1.4Mj.

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Esther Ellison, née Walker, three-quarter-length, in a blue dress by follower of Thomas Hudson (Bonhams - 26Oct21 auction Lot 70, one of a pair); removed wavy line flaws and spots and fixed edges with Photoshop 3923X4953 @150 3.2Mj.

Lady in a grey silk dress embellished with pearls, and a blue velvet cape with a gold lining by ? (Brunn-Rasmussen - 20Dec21 auction Lot  9115); filled in shadows 50% and removed spots with Photoshop 2134X2717 @150 1.1Mj.

Woman of the Louis XV Period by the French School (La Grange de La Roche). From proantic.com/en/galerie/grangedelaroche/.jpg 910X1124 @96 1.6Mp. Countered rotated image effect with Photoshop.

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ca. 1680 Lady dressed in the guise of Diana by continental school (auctioned by Sotheby's). From their Web site 682X1138 @72 412kj. The style comes from mid-century with the sheer bertha gathered by brooch and clasps and the very puffed sleeves. Her hair is matted down with curls gushing from the sides of the hair mat.

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1897 Doña Elvira Valdés de Errazuriz by Joaquín Sorolla y Bástida (location ?). From pintura.aut.org; enlarged by half.