She may be eating an ortolan, that’s why she covers her head:
The traditional way French gourmands eat ortolans is to cover their heads and face with a large napkin or towel while consuming the bird. The purpose of the towel is debated. Some claim it is to retain the maximum aroma with the flavour as they consume the entire bird at once, while according to The Daily Telegraph, “Tradition dictates that [the towel] is to shield – from God’s eyes – the shame of such a decadent and disgraceful act”, and others have suggested the towel simply hides the consumers spitting out bones. This use of the towel was begun by a priest, a friend of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
If I zoom in on the painting, it looks like she is eating a salad, as are her tablemates.
I think it’s kind of a reach to go all the way to “eating ortolan in Rome” based on the head scarf, regardless of how it’s placed.
We could just as safely assume she is doing what this thread says, putting it on her head to “cover herself from the observer” because she’s eating a salad.
She’s so crazy! Love her!
She may be eating an ortolan, that’s why she covers her head:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting#Culinary_use
But wiki of the painting says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria
I think it doesn’t look like that, it seems like it’s just placed there, without any fixture.
If I zoom in on the painting, it looks like she is eating a salad, as are her tablemates.
I think it’s kind of a reach to go all the way to “eating ortolan in Rome” based on the head scarf, regardless of how it’s placed.
We could just as safely assume she is doing what this thread says, putting it on her head to “cover herself from the observer” because she’s eating a salad.
Can god make a towel so strong that even he cannot see through it or know what happens under it?
o0o0 did you know the disgust on their faces isnt from being painted randomly by a guy in a restaurant‽