"Ik ben zoo klaar met schuren": a scullery maid at work

Details

Charles Joseph Grips (Belgian, 1825-1920)
"Ik ben zoo klaar met schuren": a scullery maid at work
signed and dated 'CJGrips.f1866.' (lower left)
oil on panel
27 x 20.5 cm.

Exhibited

(probably) Zutphen, Tentoonstelling van Leevende Meesters, 1867, no. 45 (with the above title).

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Lot Essay

The depicted brass objects are mostly 17th century, most notably a Dutch brass candlestick - Kraagkandelaar - and a Dutch pewter - Rembrandt kan -.

Compare with the painting from 1865, with slight variations, which was sold at Christie's, London, 16 December 1979, lot 46, ill.

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