Screen with Dancing Figures

Matthijs Maris (1839-1917), oil on canvas, 1879

This screen has an interesting genesis. When Maris saw it at an art gallery in Paris he immediately knew how he would refashion it. He cut away the original fabric and stretched new canvas over the frames. He then painted nymphs on this new support. The art dealer Cottier subsequently sold the nymphs as four independent paintings. In 1914 the Canadian collector William van Horne reunited these panels to form a screen.

  • Artwork typekamerscherm
  • Object numberBK-2000-9
  • Dimensionsheight 65.5 cm x width 155 cm x height 50 cm x width 162 cm