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Fairytale
Also titled Sprookje
Matthijs Maris (The Hague, 1839–1917)
c. 1877
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of W.J. van Randwijk, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
After having worked on canvas for a long time, Maris here once again chose a wood panel as his support. He first painted the woman, then her immediate surroundings, and lastly the sky. The smooth wood gave him the freedom to play with different brushwork: the sky and the woman are thinly brushed with diluted oil paint resembling watercolour, while the foliage is rendered with spirited short strokes.
