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Description: | Signed: yes Description: A schoolmaster and boys in a classroom with high windows to the left. The schoolmaster, left of centre, sits at a desk in front of the fireplace on a high backed chair of black, carved wood with a cane back, holding a quill. He wears a powdered wig, black costume with white cravat and cuffs, black stockings, brown shoes with small buckles. A child in red stands reading to the master. On the right, is an alcove or door with hats on pegs. A student, back to viewer, with fair hair, reaches for his hat (or places it on a hook). On the left of the schoolmaster, children sit around a table. On the other side of the room, more children reading. The style is very smooth and highly finished. | Subjects: | everyday life (school room); figure (teacher and pupils) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Aken, Joseph van (Flemish painter, ca. 1699-1749, active in England) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8672... | Go to resource |
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