Full story behind iconic Dutch wartime portrait finally emerges

Truth about Charley Toorop’s Working Class Woman revealed after its sitter was misidentified

It has been described by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam as one of its most popular paintings but the cause of its sitter’s anxious gaze has remained a mystery.

Standing in front of a crumbling wall under a menacing sky, Charley Toorop’s Working Class Woman stares ahead, her thoughts elsewhere.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2GNVZKl