Question
One painting of this title appears in the background of Vermeer’s The Concert. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this title of some similar works by Dirck van Baburen. A work of this name by a contemporary of Baburen depicts a woman in a low-cut dress provocatively holding a lute while talking to a man and old woman, and is lit by a single candle.
ANSWER: The Procuress [or The Matchmaker; or De koppelaarster]
[10m] Baburen and Gerrit van Honthorst were members of this school of painters, who drew inspiration from a slightly earlier artist after many of them visited Rome.
ANSWER: Utrecht Caravaggisti [or Utrecht Caravaggism; prompt on Caravaggisti or Caravaggism; prompt on Tenebrists or Tenebrism; prompt on Utrecht school]
[10e] In Vermeer’s own painting called The Procuress, the foreground is taken up by an object of this type with a red, yellow, and green pattern draped over a bannister. Some patterns of Anatolian objects of this type are named after Holbein because he frequently painted them.
ANSWER: rugs [or carpets; prompt on textiles or weavings]
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
Data
| Minnesota | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| North Carolina A | Ottawa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Waterloo B | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |