Dimensions: support: 190 x 125 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This drawing, “Seated Woman” by Isaac Oliver, seems so intimate. The way she rests her head in her hand makes me wonder what she's contemplating. What do you see in this piece? Curator: For me, it's the quiet strength of the line work. Look at how Oliver captures the folds of her dress, almost like a landscape of fabric. It reminds me that even in stillness, there's a kind of silent drama unfolding. Editor: I didn't think of it that way, I was so focused on her face. Curator: Sometimes, the real story is in the details we almost miss. It's like a secret the artist is sharing, if we only take the time to listen. Editor: That makes me appreciate the drawing even more now. Thanks! Curator: My pleasure! It's all about seeing with fresh eyes, isn't it?
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Along with the designer and architect Inigo Jones, Isaac Oliver was the first artist working in England in the seventeenth century to produce a significant body of sketches and drawings. He evidently worked on these while simultaneously practising as a portrait miniaturist (see cabinet 1: The Portrait Miniature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries), but no portrait drawings by him survive. Gallery label, September 2004
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