I really like the three young ladies (haha, @erikah, I like your humour! "...get ready to be a good, obedient wife" and the oil painting of the sad lady.
I absolutely agree about the first couple of paintings!
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We were brought up with a different mindset, but back then, especially nobles raised their daughters and saw them as assets, to be married off, to acquire more wealth and power. I don't envy those times, for many reasons, but the art left to us is amazing.
The outfits and beauty for sure were big inspiration for the artists. Sad that there are still societies today who do that to their daughters, some very subtle.