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Description: | The Dutch Mother in the Pallant House Gallery entered the collection with an attribution to a follower of Casper Netscher (1639-1684) who completed his training with Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681). However, Netscher's close attention to the rendition of detail does not correspond with the style of the Pallant House painting which instead reveals freer, broader brushwork more typical of another artist associated with ter Borch: Quiringh van Brekelenkam (active 1644 - after 1668). The Dutch Mother shows a mother seated before an open fire suckling her child. She wears a blue skirt and a deep red top, covered by a white shawl. At her side is an open basket of knitting through which the artist represents the virtue of motherhood. In the left foreground a large beautifully represented earthenware vase leads the eye across the tiled floor towards the golden brown almost monochrome tonality of the background, which is penetrated by a series of further interior spaces, defined by strong geometry characteristic of Brekelekam's compositions. The Dutch Mother compares favourably with Brekelekam's Interior of a Tailor's Shop (1655-61; National Gallery, London) in which a detail on the far right shows a mother and child very similar to the group in our painting. | Subjects: | interior; everyday life; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Brekelenkam, Quiringh van (Dutch painter, after 1622-1669 or after) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to school of Netscher, Caspar (Dutch painter, 1639-1684) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8513... | Go to resource |
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