Dear Joyce,
Thank you for such a delicious gust of fresh air in your post. It has inspired me to get on with the subject of good and not so good photos of paintings, since the quality of them can bring about such good contents.
In fact, there are so many different 'versions' of a same painting in the sites I usually visit for good photographs of masterworks. Take, for example, the case of Cemetery at Dusk which I posted yesterday. I opted for posting a brighter 'version' that is shown at several important sites, versus a darker one that is showcased at a no-less important site - much like the brighter Woman at a Window that inspired you and its counterpart, the darker, previously posted version which I brought from the latter site. You may see both versions below. They are so different from each other.
Cemetery at Dusk (brighter version)
Cemetery at Dusk (darker version)
This surely makes a serious difference, to say the least. And which photo is closer to the original? Unless we can see the original, I am afraid we cannot know at this point - except for the hardly visible man at the forefront, that is, which would indicate the brighter one is closer.
And there is an even more clamorous case where a photo of a painting in the latter website is so dark that you can hardly see the main characters portrayed in it. But we shall better view it in my next post.
Thank you,
Luis Miguel Goitizolo
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