Woman Peeling an Apple

About this artwork

height 70 cm x width 57 cm

Art Historical Context

Cornelis Bisschop's *Woman Peeling an Apple (1667) is a delicate oil-on-panel painting measuring 70 cm high by 57 cm wide, capturing an intimate moment of everyday domesticity. Created during the Dutch Golden Age, this small-scale work exemplifies Bisschop's mastery of detailed genre scenes, influenced by the school of painters. The compact panel format—common in 17th-century Netherlands— for meticulous brushwork and luminous effects, inviting close contemplation by private collectors in prosperous Dutch homes. At its heart, the painting depicts a woman absorbed in peeling an apple, a motif r...