Summer
I'm celebrating my steady job and the fact that I soon will have a long holiday with a new userpic. This is from a painting by Michiel Sweerts, a Flemish painter from the Baroque era of the 17th century. A few days ago I saw a Dutch documentary about the people that work at the Eremitage in St Petersburg, where you can find the original painting. One of the old ladies that have worked there for ages had fallen in love with the man in the painting and liked to sit and watch him. I must say that I fell in love with him too, especially when I'd had a closer look at him on the internet. Apparently, it's a self-portrait. Oh, what a man!