Interior with Woman at the Spinning Wheel
1661
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 60cm × w 49cm × d 9cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Interieur met een vrouw aan het spinnewiel, naast haar warmt een man zich bij de haard. Kamer met rode tegelvoer en glas-in-loodramen. Op de schouw boven de haard staan enkele borden.
Art Historical Context
**Interior with Woman at the Spinning Wheel** (1661) by Esaias Boursse captures a quiet moment of everyday life in a modest Dutch interior. In this oil on canvas painting (60 × 49 cm), a woman focuses intently at her spinning wheel while a man warms himself by the hearth nearby. The room features a red tile floor,-glass windows casting subtle colored light, and a mantel adorned with a few simple plates—details that evoke the warmth and humility of 17th-century Dutch homes. Painted during the Dutch Golden Age, Bours's work exemplifies genre painting, a popular style celebrating ordinary domest...