Historically speaking, in research on these kinds of paintings, I can find out more about the lace that the woman is wearing in this painting -- the manufacturer of the lace -- than I can about this character here, about his dreams, about his hopes, about what he wanted out of life.
Gledamo li povijest, istražujući ovakve slike, više mogu saznati o čipki koju žena na ovoj slici nosi -- proizvođaču čipke -- nego o ovom liku ovdje, o njegovim snovima, nadama, o njegovim ciljevima u životu.