Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet by van der Weyden
By Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
United States
September 27, 2021 10:46pm CST
This painting is called Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet by Rogier van der Weyden .
I would hate to wear this on my head everyday, and the whole thing is held on with straight pins. I don't see how that is safe at all. In fact there is a pin right by her ear. Ouch!
I believe the high forehead was created by plucking or shaving the hair to create a receding hairline. Also she doesn't have any eyelashes really, so maybe they plucked their eyelashes also.
It's fun to look at fashion from the past.
He painted this around 1440 and that makes it 581 years old.
This is a video describing his work titled The Deposition of Christ. It's a beautiful painting showing our precious Christ being lifted off the cross.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rogier_van_der_Weyden_-_Portrait_of_a_Woman_with_a_Winged_Bonnet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
At the 0:33 mark of this video there is a portrait that is supposed to be of Jan Van Eyck but is really a portrait called "Portrait of a Carthusian" by Petru...
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
That's actually you in the portrait, isn't it? 
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
That is so rude. I'm not a day over 500.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
28 Sep 21
Thank you for sharing the video. It's like a Humanities 101 lecture for me.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Sep 21
@misunderstood_zombie Not a bad thing at all. In fact, I learned more about liturgical arts or sacred art.
That's a Renaissance painting and is surely interesting. Science, art, music, literature, architecture all flourished during the Renaissance. It's as if the great minds converged at that golden century - the 13th century.
This painting explained what the painter wanted to convey in his art.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
I hope that's not a bad thing. I love learning new stuff everyday.
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@RebeccasFarm (86846)
• United States
28 Sep 21
Yes lovely painting lol
It is what they are trying to do to us today with masks lol
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
This is true. 500 years from now they will look back at pictures with masks and feel bemused.
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@just4him (307407)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Sep 21
@misunderstood_zombie Yes, she is.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
She is very sweet looking.
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@Deepizzaguy (94973)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Sep 21
I like the painting by Rogier van der Weyden.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
It's cool to see people from the past.
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@Deepizzaguy (94973)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Sep 21
@misunderstood_zombie I agree with you.
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@snowy22315 (170662)
• United States
28 Sep 21
Thanks, for sharing that pictures. There aren't too many people here who share things of historical significance or even less that have artistic mertit. Also, you have sharp eyesight to pick ou that pin by the ear. I see something there but I would never notice it if it hadn't been pointed out.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
Thank you. I love art, history and fashion history and this has all three.
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@allknowing (130184)
• India
28 Sep 21
The nuns from the Daughters of Charity order wear something like this
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
29 Sep 21
I thought the same thing when I saw it, but a scaled down model.
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@Marilynda1225 (79998)
• United States
28 Sep 21
That painting reminds me of the "olden days' when nurses wore such elaborate things on their heads
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Sep 21
I've seen something like that in movies before.
