Round 11: Tossup 15

A person with this occupation has been speculated to have breast cancer and modeled for paintings such as Bathsheba at Her Bath by Rembrandt. A toppled glass of wine appears in another painting depicting a person with this occupation “asleep.” A person with this occupation stands underneath a stone tablet reading “For we must first descend if we wish to be raised” in two paintings by Pieter de Hooch. The Courtyard in the House of Delft depicts a person (-5[1])with this occupation, another of whom is depicted in a painting showing (10[1])a foot warmer sitting by (10[1])a wall tile (10[2])adorned (-5[1])with Cupid. That painting shows a person with this occupation wearing a white headdress and pouring the (-5[1])title liquid (10[2])from a jug. (10[1])For 10 points, a person with what title (10[1])occupation pours milk in a Vermeer painting? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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