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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The interior of a cow shed. The shed dissected by a wooded beam supporting the roof. On the right of this beam, cows in stalls. Through the door at the back of the shed, parallel to the picture plane, a winter scene with snow falling, a river and a church beyond. Inside, a lantern hangs from the wooden ceiling. Leaded windows along the left-hand wall, a broom and a water pump with a rectangular basin filled with water. A copper pail filled with milk stands in the water to keep it cool. A milkmaid pours milk from a wooden pale into this copper vessel. She wears white headdress, white shirt sleeves and neckerchief, red bodice, white apron and brown skirt. A black and white dog stands looking up at her and she turns to look back at him. On the right, cows in stalls. Another woman wearing blue bodice, white shirt and neckerchief, red shirt and white headdress stands behind a white cow, her hand on its rump. In her left hand she holds a pail full of milk. Cows are all held by string attached to their tails, all in turn attached to a string threaded along the ceiling and fastened to the rafters. Farming implements, a scythe etc, hang from the wall on the right. A birdcage hangs from a nail. A ladder leads up to the hay loft. Cured meats hang above the fireplace to the right. A terracotta oil lamp stands in a little alcove in the fireplace. A large black cooking pot hangs over the fire. A small table and chair beside the fireplace. On the table, a pewter jug and a partially rolled white cloth. A huge black and white cat sits on the chair. At the foot of the chair what appears to be a square shaped, copper vessel with handles and feet with milk in. Painted in the same crisp, hard-edged style as OP509 Cattle in a Meadow. | Subjects: | everyday life (milking); interior (cow shed) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Gool, Jan van (Dutch painter and critic, 1685-1763) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8310... | Go to resource |
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