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The whole painting -
'Olivia' - One of our cats - the only one of them that is a mother cat (mother of romy) - in the style of Jan Van Eyke's portrait of his wife, along with a healthy dose of Rogier Van der Weyden's paintings added. |
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Close-up of the gold-leaf lettering - 24ct gold.
Olivia - Ætatis Suæ II - Anno Domini 2015
(Olivia - aged 2 - the year 2015) |
Close-up of the Grosse coat of arms - from the 'Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward the Second'; 'Le Gros, quartile de argent e de azure, a une bende de sable e iij merelos de or' - quarters of silver and blue and a diagonal black band with three gold blackbirds. |
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| The curly edges of the soft, fine fabric that go to make up the seven layers of the head dress. |
The end of one of these layers as it drapes over her left shoulder. You can also see how the gold part of the brocade is made up from a ground that has had several grades of gold shadow-to-highlight added, then toned down with a dark, neutral wash and then more highlights added to it in order to break out of the shadow. |
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| Close-up of the ermine on her left (our right) side, showing the hairs painted individually. |
Close-up of her belt, showing the different reflective properties of the two materials that make it up. |
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| Close-up of the brocade pattern on her upper-right arm, showing how the pattern follows the folds of the cloth and how the highlights in the gold silk are prepresented by strokes of different colours. |
Close-up of the brocade pattern on her upper-left arm, again showing how the pattern follows the folds of the cloth but also of how the wool part of the brocade shows a highlight at the dark edge where the pile is side-on. |
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| Extreme close-up of folds of brocade on her right arm, showing the brown paint, the less-saturated ground, the gold ochre and the ochre tint that is used for for the highlighted threads. |
Again, an extreme close-up of folds in the brocade although this time, on the other sleeve and with the light coming from the end of the fold and not across it. |
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| Close-up of her right paw, showing hairs; some of which are individually painted. |
Close-up of her left fur cuff, showing the ermine and highlights from the golden silk in the brocade. |