Pair Making Music
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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1680
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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
A woman plays a small keyboard while a man plucks a lute beside her. Sunlight spills through an open window, lighting the room and the city view outside. A mirror on the wall shows the man’s face again. The artist hid a tiny joke: the mirror reflects the man’s face, but his hands are busy with the lute—so the reflection can’t be real. It’s like a quiet trick, making you look twice. For more quiet rooms like this, explore the Rijksmuseum.
