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Pietje (Girl Reading)
Also titled Pietje (Lezend meisje)
Suze Robertson (The Hague, 1855–1922)
c. 1898
- Medium
- panel, gold leaf, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 42 cm x width 32 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from a private collection
- 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
Pietje was probably a relative of Suze Robertson’s childminder. The artist painted her in this pose at least three times. In this version, the gold leaf behind her head forms a striking contrast to the painted brown tones. Robertson was fascinated by gold, initially rendering it in paint. Here she boldly took this a step further by applying gold leaf. By using this material the painting acquires a mystical aura.
