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A Painter’s Studio
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Like so many artists, Sweerts undertook a study trip to Rome. There he painted this scene of a painter’s studio, in which all the phases of artistic training are to be seen. At the left a young artist studies a large anatomical figure; piled up at the right are fragments of antique statues. In the left background a painter sketches from a nude model; a completed painting hangs on the wall.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Painter’s Studio. c. 1646 - c. 1650. Michael Sweerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
