# A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting

- By: François Bonvin (French, 1817–1887)
- Date: 1862
- Medium: gouache and watercolor
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.399)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.399/2008.399_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

François Bonvin was a prolific watercolorist, and he developed a lifelong interest in modest religious subjects showing scenes of everyday life. This delightfully simple image of a nun knitting reveals the artist's appreciation for 17th-century Dutch artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), whose work he copied.