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Two ladies viewing a small painting
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Two ladies viewing a small painting

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff · 1866 · panel; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This meticulously painted scene of old maids in a humorous situation is typical of Bakker Korff. The viewer's imagination is pricked. Are the two women actually examining a work of art, or are they coming to the realization while looking at their reflection in a mirror that they are no longer as pretty as a picture? Given the stuffy interior in which the ladies sit, the latter seems more likely.

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Subjects
paintingcommunal roomspicture, painting
Credit lineTwee dames bij het bekijken van een schilderijtje. 1866. Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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