Henriette Ronner (Dutch, 1821-1909)
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the H… Read more
Henriette Ronner (Dutch, 1821-1909)

On a pink pillow

Details
Henriette Ronner (Dutch, 1821-1909)
On a pink pillow
signed and dated 'Henriette Ronner./97.' (lower right)
oil on panel
32.5 x 46 cm.
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

Henriette Ronner was surrounded by artists as a child and it is
therefore not surprising that she chose to devote herself to fine art. Her father Josephus August Knip (1777-1847) specialised in painting
cattle and he would teach his children to observe the habits and form
of animals. Her brother August Knip (1819-1859) adhered to the same
theme as their father's, but in the thirties and forties Henriette
started to focus on smaller animals such as cats and dogs. From 1870
onwards, cats became the predominant subject of her paintings. When she started out painting pets, they had not previously been used as an
independent motif in the 19th Century. The art market, however, was
changing: due to a booming economy, industrialists became a new
prosperous class and cats as pets became popular. As a consequence the demand for paintings of cats became as enormous as it remains to this day.

More from 19th CenturyEuropean Art

View All
View All