Two Ladies Examining a Little Painting

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1866

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4694
  • Dimensionsheight 14 cm x width 11.5 cm, depth 8.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Two Ladies Examining a Little Painting
    • Two Ladies Looking at a Picture

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4694

  • Description

    Twee dames zittend bij een tafel bekijken een ovaal schilderijtje.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘A.H. Bakker Korff 66’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1866

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 14 cm x width 11.5 cm
    • depth 8.3 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    V.R. van Poelgeest-Spatkowa Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1976

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Otilie Vincencie Roberta Spatkowa (1877-1972) Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} her daughter, Vivienne Ruth van Poelgeest, née Spatkowa (1910-76), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed, with xx other objects, to the museum, 1976

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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