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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tronie
TIL about “Tronie”, a type of work common in Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.
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I just love this style! Never knew it had a name until today, which makes this an exceptionally good day.
Many thanks!
And another tibit: ‘tronie’ means ‘face’ in Dutch/Flemish.
In general, Flemish/Dutch is quite a literal / descriptive language which I love. For example, mullet = nektapijt = literally ‘neck carpet’.