Govert Flinck

Girl by a High Chair

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Govert Flinck
Girl by a High Chair

Visitabile tra Sala 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.

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Govert Flinck
Girl by a High Chair

Visitabile tra Sala 8

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Informazioni generali
Govert Flinck (Cleves 1615 - 1660 Amsterdam)
Girl by a High Chair
painting
676
Sala 8
Materiale e dettagli tecnici
oil
canvas
114.3 x 87.1 cm
Iscrizione
on the high chair: G.flinck.f 1640

Origine

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