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A Writer Trimming his Pen
Also titled Een schrijver die zijn pen versnijdt
Jan Ekels (II) (Amsterdam, 1759–1793)
1784
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 27.5 cm x width 23.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
While studying in Paris as a young man, Ekels came to appreciate 17th-century Dutch masters – such as Metsu and Ter Borch – who specialized in interior scenes with one or more figures. He made this painting, an example of this genre, upon returning to his native Amsterdam. Ekels probably never saw any work by Vermeer, but his use of light recalls the master’s style.
