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Style of Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613-Leiden 1675)
An Old Woman Asleep in a Chair c.1625-35
Oil on panel | 26.4 x 20.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403002
Style of Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613-Leiden 1675)
An Old Woman Asleep in a Chair c.1625-35
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This small panel is in the style of an early Gerrit Dou (of the 1630s), with a suggestion of the spiritual homeliness of Rembrandt's treatment of the Old Testament story of Tobit and Anna. We see an old woman who has fallen asleep while reading a large book (presumably the Bible), which lies open on her lap. A spinning wheel at her side perhaps suggests that a hard day's work has brought on her fatique. Behind appears a fireplace with a hanging birdcage.
Provenance
First recorded in the collection of Charles II in the King's Closet at Whitehall Palace (1666, no 337)
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Oil on panel
Measurements
26.4 x 20.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
37.0 x 31.2 x 2.5 cm (frame, external)
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An old woman reading
