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“He kisses her at the corner of her mouth, not quite on the lips, and it is that gap of a few millimetres that we wanted to paint. She has closed her eyes…
€1,200 — Atelier Joconde
“He kisses her at the corner of her mouth, not quite on the lips, and it is that gap of a few millimetres that we wanted to paint. She has closed her eyes and tipped her head back; her hand rests on the man’s forearm, and you cannot tell whether she is holding him back or going with him. Around them, we let gold take the place of a setting. On the left, his cloak builds up in black, cream and gold rectangles, with thick spirals that catch the light as you walk past the canvas. On the right, the flowers spill from the dress onto the background, daisies, red flowers, little blue flowers, all the way up to the crown in her hair. The faces, the hands, the bare shoulder are painted as close to t…
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