I love the lead in to this painting and how the road is lightened by sunlight in the near distance - yet it doesn't jump forward because of the slightly cooler colour.
Historical daydreaming.
Sunday,on April 1625
13:09 PM
Weather forecast:sunny warm no wind pink sky dry vegetation,no rain in the afternoon.
The horse-drawn stagecoach,on the point of coming into the picture,by the left side,is hurtling down the gravel road at full gallop.It is carrying Milady de Winter who has fomented a dark plot against Anna of Austria...She knows that the brave and bold Musketeers are hot on her heels!
"Faster,faster,coachman!
-But Madam the horses are full tilt! -Faster I say,otherwise the gallows for you!"
What the lady doesn't know,it is that Julian is the coachman,so if he decided it,the stagecoach would never exist in the painting!Poor unsuspecting Milady de Winter!
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