Piano Practice Interrupted

Piano Practice Interrupted

SK-A-1065

signature and date: ‘W.B. van der Kooi invent. et pinxit 1813’

The Frisian painter Willem Bartel van der Kooi was a master at depicting children. The children in this painting are portrayed so playfully and naturally that the work resembles a snapshot. However, appearances are deceiving, for Van der Kooij carefully arranged the children to form a triangular composition. It is not known whether the painting is a portrait or an imaginary scene.

painter: Willem Bartel van der Kooi

1813

olieverf op doek

height 147 cm x width 121 cm

Gift of H. van der Kooi, Leeuwarden

gift 1869

Public domain

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108660