Brides

Attirement of the Bride (La Toilette de la mariée)

Max Ernst, 1940, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976

The Jewish Bride

Rembrandt, 1666

Major's Marriage Proposal (Сватовство Майора)

Ilya Isupov, 2009

Marriage Contract

Jan Steen, c.1668, Baroque, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Madame Cézanne

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1885–87, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978

Working as an organist in a church for many years I heard countless Ministers describing the wedding day as one of the greatest days in a woman’s life. Looking back on that day, I wonder how many women would agree.

So many married out of duty . . .