A Woman Seated at a Window, early 1660s, Oil on wood, 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27. 6 x 22. 5 cm), Paintings, Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, Leiden 1629?1667 Amsterdam), A housewife holds an apple, which in this context more likely refers to the New Eve (the Virgin Mary) than the old one. The birdcage and hearth imply happy domesticity, while the grapevine alludes to the woman as 'a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house' (Psalm 128)