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Plaque depicting a woman reading
Also titled Plaque met een lezende vrouw
c. 1770 - c. 1775
- Medium
- copper (metal), paper, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), email, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 37 cm x width 48.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
A woman sits at a table reading, while two children and a servant chat with one another. The Chinese painter used typical European artistic devices –perspective and shading –to suggest depth. The draped curtain is also a stylistic element derived from Western painting.
