Groepsportret van Wilhelmina Gerarda Hoogendijk met (vermoedelijk) een vriendengroep in een tuin c. 1898 - 1905

Willem Carel van der Kop captured this group portrait in a garden, maybe with a good old camera, back in the day. Looking at it, I can almost feel the sun on my face and hear the rustle of leaves, like those impressionist paintings where the light is just everything. Everyone's dressed up in their finest clothes and hats, probably feeling a bit awkward posing for the camera. There's this one woman on the left, standing tall in her white dress, looking as if she's stepped straight out of a painting by Manet. I wonder what she was thinking; what they were all thinking. But, like, what do they *really* feel about one another? Is there some secret friendship, hidden tension, maybe someone has a crush? Anyway, artists are always in conversation with one another, echoing ideas, riffing on themes. I'm sure van der Kop was thinking about those painters too, and maybe even having a quiet chuckle with them, as he clicked away.