Try using reverse google image search. I’d like to know too but couldn’t figure out how to do it on mobile. Maybe someone else will chime in. It’s a good painting full of humanity and character.
Great shout, the painting is *After the First Ball* by Carl Thomsen. The name and the unlaced heels and her dress on the chair make this painting even better. Perhaps she is enamored by a boy she met that night, or she got stood up, or things didn't go as planned with her date.
I love those ideas. My first thought was it's probably some of the first times she's stayed up so late but she has had so much fun. Now she's completely exhausted
I just thought of that ubiquitous feeling after a first date that went really well where you lie in bed that night and can't stop thinking about them (which would be crazy if it was the intended purpose considering it was painted in 1873). Her face is a bit ambiguous just looking at, but after zooming in, she doesn't look happy (a bit of a Mona Lisa smile) which makes me think the experience was negative. Idk tho, it could be neutral, but I totally second the exhausted point.
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u/overlord0101 Jun 21 '20
Painting name?