Govert Flinck

Girl by a High Chair

Govert Flinck
Girl by a High Chair

展览中 室 8

A girl aged around three poses next to a high chair. She is beautifully dressed and wearing gold jewellery. Her parents were clearly well off – they could afford to have their daughter’s portrait painted by Govert Flinck, one of Rembrandt’s best pupils.

Lying on the high chair are some sweet treats, made with sugar from Brazil. These connect the luxury world of this young girl to the harsh reality of the people working on the sugar plantations. A reality that often remained invisible in the Dutch Republic and Dutch painting.

技术细节

Govert Flinck
Girl by a High Chair

展览中 室 8

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基本信息
Govert Flinck (Cleves 1615 - 1660 Amsterdam)
Girl by a High Chair
painting
676
室 8
材料和技术细节
oil
canvas
114.3 x 87.1 cm
铭文
on the high chair: G.flinck.f 1640

来源

Hendrik Willem Cramer, Amsterdam and Cleves, 1853-1867; Arnoldus Andries des Tombe, The Hague, 1867 (on long-term loan to the Mauritshuis since 1890); bequest of Arnoldus Andries des Tombe, The Hague, 1903