A Woman Cooking, Plate 3 from "Five Feminine Occupations"
ca. 1640–57
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (20.9 x 16.8 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (29 x 21 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.550.4
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About this artwork
This engraving by Geertruydt Roghman represents a rare example of work by a female printmaker in 17th-century Holland. "A Woman Cooking" forms part of Roghman's series "Five Feminine Occupations," which depicts women engaged in domestic tasks including cooking, spinning, sewing, reading, and serving. Created between 1640 and 1657, these prints offer invaluable documentation of Dutch domestic life while showcasing a woman artist's perspective on traditionally feminine subjects. Roghman came from ...