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Jan Vermeer’s 1670 Masterpiece Is Just Right For Valentine’s Day
The Aged P.com ^ | 14/02/12 | The Aged P

Posted on 02/14/2012 8:19:20 AM PST by sussex

The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer painted “The Love Letter” around 1670 but the mood is timeless and so appropriate for Valentine’s Day….capturing that glorious moment of surrender to the magic of loving and being loved….

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: art; letter; love; vermeer
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To: Joe 6-pack

You certainly are. :-*


21 posted on 02/14/2012 11:32:03 AM PST by floralamiss
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To: humblegunner

“Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah, strummin’ on the old banjo.”


22 posted on 02/14/2012 11:45:57 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Perdogg; martin_fierro

Thanks sussex. I didn't have the guts to post "Two Men Fighting Over a Woman".
Franz von Stuck

23 posted on 02/14/2012 8:33:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: ValerieTexas

An old favorite.
John William Waterhouse: My Sweet Rose (a.k.a 'The Soul of a Rose') - 1908

24 posted on 02/14/2012 8:35:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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amusing:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zY5jXjY3R14/SxsVS20hh8I/AAAAAAAABxA/MdreVLGEKeo/s400/tumblr_ku2nywFtci1qz9qooo1_1280.jpg


25 posted on 02/14/2012 8:36:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: sussex; humblegunner; Slings and Arrows; Republicanprofessor; SunkenCiv; Liz; ExGeeEye
Sorry all, but this exhibit at the Museum of Bad Art is teh HAWT:


26 posted on 02/15/2012 9:09:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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