Taking a Nap

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1866

Het middagdutje. Een oude vrouw slaapt, zittend in een leunstoel naast een étagère-tafel.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4693
  • Dimensionsheight 14 cm x width 11.7 cm, depth 9 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Taking a Nap

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4693

  • Description

    Het middagdutje. Een oude vrouw slaapt, zittend in een leunstoel naast een étagère-tafel.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘Le soussigné déclare que [le] tableau représentant 'Une Siestre' est peint par lui. Leyde le 6 Oct. 1867. AH Bakker Korff’
    • 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 11.7 cm
    • depth 9 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    V.R. van Poelgeest-Spatkowa Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    • bequest 1976
    • interne vervaardiging 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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