Detail from a 17th-century painting by Georges de la Tour, "Le Tricheur." Louvre, Paris (October, 2008)
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I collect bookmarks wherever I go, and have long been puzzling how best to keep track of them — and how, as well, to record what books they've been happily paired with (should they be so lucky). And so: this blog. -- Sandra Gulland
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1 comment:
I don't think we do bookmarks, at least not paper ones, but you should visit this painting's sister -- another beautiful cheat -- when you are next in New York. Maybe there's a postcard you can employ as bookmark.
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/the_fortune_teller/objectview.aspx?page=1&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=de%20la%20tour&fp=1&dd1=11&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=11&OID=110001282&vT=1
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