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Description: | In front of the open window, an old spinner puts aside her spinning wheel and clasps her hands, saying grace before her simple meal of meat and bread. Her household is poor; her loneliness is shared only by her old dog. This painting was probably made by Gerard Dou, a famous Dutch artist and pupil of Rembrandt. Among Dou's works were many `genre' paintings, which featured everyday lives of ordinary people. His scenes of domestic, middle- and low-class life were tremendously popular and much imitated. Dou was very attentive to details and meticulous in their execution. It was said that he would not start painting until the dust had settled in his studio, so that no particles would be able to spoil his artwork.
Probably an 18th century copy of a painting (1645) in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
Oil painting showing an elderly female spinner sat in a simple domestic interior saying grace before her meal of meat and bread. A dog lies on the floor. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Houses Worship Fine arts Food Religion Oil painting Women Oil Paintings Homes Georgian period Interiors Domestic animals Meals Domestic life Prayers Paintings Dogs Prayer People | Temporal: | 1700 - 1799
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | DOU; Gerrit (1613 - 1675) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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