Overshoot, overwhelm and time

Painting of two noblewomen in ornate ruffs and embroidered dress, each cradling a swaddled infant wrapped in red.

Last month in London, we strolled around Tate Britain, and I was transfixed for a while by ‘The Cholmondeley Ladies’, an oil painting on wood by an unknown artist from the beginning of the 17th century. I’d been looking differently at all the portraits from around that time, trying to find a connection with the …

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