Two Ladies Examining a Little Painting

• Two Ladies Examining a Little Painting
• Two Ladies Looking at a Picture

SK-A-4694

signature and date: ‘A.H. Bakker Korff 66’

This meticulously painted scene of old maids in a humorous situation is typical of Bakker Korff. The viewer’s imagination is pricked. Are the two women actually examining a work of art, or are they coming to the realization while looking at their reflection in a mirror that they are no longer as pretty as a picture? Given the stuffy interior in which the ladies sit, the latter seems more likely.

painter: Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, Netherlands

1866

olieverf op paneel

• depth 8.3 cm
• height 14 cm x width 11.5 cm

V.R. van Poelgeest-Spatkowa Bequest, Amsterdam

bequest 1976

Public domain

…; 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

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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