Hendrik Kerstens's *Black Cap* is a striking chromogenic print that reimagines the visual language of Dutch Golden Age portraiture through a contemporary lens. The photograph features the artist's daughter Paula adorned with a simple black plastic bag fashioned into a head covering, evoking the starched white linen caps seen in the works of Vermeer and his contemporaries. The result is a haunting yet playful dialogue between past and present, elevating the mundane into something both timeless and deeply human.