Interior of a Kitchen
Willem Kalf
ca. 1642–44
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (26.7 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1871
Accession Number
71.69
Tags
KitchensVegetablesWomen
About the Artist
Willem Kalf · 1619–1693
Willem Kalf, baptized on November 3, 1619, in Rotterdam, emerged as one of the Dutch Golden Age's preeminent still-life painters. Born to a prosperous cloth merchant, Jan Jansz. Kalf, and Machtelt Gerrits, he lost his father amid scandal in 1625 and his mother in 1638, prompting his departure from Rotterdam around age 18. He studied under Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot, though early works show stronger aff...