# The Seduction [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NETSCHER, Caspar]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 38 x 32 cm ## Commentary In this painting, the elegant young woman standing at left assumes the role of the procuress: pointing insistently at her palm, she demands money from the young man seated before her. He, in turn, dutifully offers up a gold coin in payment. The second young woman, clad in a lustrous satin gown, is poised with pitcher and glass, ready to commence festivities the moment the transaction is completed. The painting belongs to a long tradition of Netherlandish representations of love for sale, which includes Dirck van <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/baburen/procures.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/baburen/procures.html">Baburen's Procuress</A> and Johannes <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/v/vermeer/01-early/04procu.html'\)" HREF="/html/v/vermeer/01-early/04procu.html">Vermeer's bold depiction</A> of the same subject The painting is signed on the chair: C Netscher F. ## Related artworks - [Interior with a Sleeping Soldier]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of Abraham van Lennep]() - [Portrait of Mary Stuart II]() - [Portrait of Suzanna Huygens]() - [Presentation of the Medallion]() - [The Card Party]() - [The Lace-Maker]() - [Two Boys Blowing Bubbles]() - [Young Girl Holding a Letter \(detail\)]() - [Young Girl Holding a Letter]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()