I learned from a video about this painting [4 min 34 sec] that underneath the fiddler is probably another self-portrait. The clothing in this is too unsuitable for her to wear while painting, so I think it would have been neat if the painting within the painting was of her wearing what she'd normally have on while painting. Something like the reverse of what Norman Rockwell created with his "Triple Self-Portrait."
Wikipedia entry on Judith Leyster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Leyster
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Added on November 29, 2018. This is a closer view, taken where the painting is usually hung with the other Dutch paintings on wood wall panneling. I think the colors in this picture are closer to what I see in person.
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Thanks for sharing. I read Wikipedia on Judith Leyster. Actually there is not much information about her on Chinese web sites. But this Chinese blog is helpful to my understanding of her works：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_d3346e2c0102v8y6.html. So you like Judith Leyster's paintings because of her relaxing painting style?
She isn't famous in the US, so I doubt that there would be much in Chinese either. I meant that she looks relaxed in this painting, but many of her other paintings also show relaxed people.
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