1690
oil
panel
From the collection of Mauritshuis
The Chastity Lesson is a 1690 oil by Godfried Schalcken, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Mauritshuis.
This painting shows a woman in a blue dress with a brown robe, holding a small, ornate box. She is looking to her right, where an older man is pointing at her. The man is wearing a red robe and has a serious expression. In the background, there is a cloudy sky and a column with a wreath on it. The woman's dress and the box she is holding suggest that this is a scene from ancient times. The older man's gesture implies that he is teaching or warning the woman about something. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures, look up Godfried Schalcken.
Godfried Schalcken (8 October 1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits.
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