Girl at a Window Dutch men and women rejoice at

men and women rejoice at David's triumphal entry

her eyes staring at the object of her affection

Armida transports the sleeping Rinaldo in her flying chariot to the island of Fortuna in the middle of the ocean

Rinaldo portrayed

Possibly the action on 22 May 1681

Girl at a Window Dutch men and women rejoice atPainted in 1645 when Rembrandt was thirty nine, the painting has always been the subject of speculation and conflicting interpretations. A frequently quoted account by the French art theorist and early owner of the work, Roger de Piles (1635 1709), of passers by seeing it in a window and mistaking it for a real flesh and blood girl, is probably more of a general comment on Rembrandt's ability to seduce his viewers with an illusion than a strictly