Eglon van der Neer - The Reader - fine art print

Artwork description from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A young woman looks up from her reading—possibly of an emblem book or illustrated treatise—absorbed in thought or distracted by something unseen. The theme was already well-established in the early 1660s, when this painting was likely made, and in his treatment Van der Neer suggests, in the young woman’s fine but modest attire, the silver writing set and sealing wax, and the extinguished candle (a conventional vanitas symbol), a degree of virtue and cultivation.For two centuries, the painting was considered to be by Gerard ter Borch. Though clearly inspired by Ter Borch, the execution is decidedly Van der Neer’s own. The artist’s polished mature style brought him success and noble patronage later in his career.

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This artwork was painted by the baroque master Eglon van der Neer. The work of art was painted with the size of 15 x 11 in (38,1 x 27,9 cm) and was made with the technique oil on canvas. This artpiece is part of the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 (licensed - public domain). : The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Besides, the alignment is portrait with a ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter Eglon van der Neer was an artist from the Netherlands, whose artistic style can be classified as Baroque. The European painter was born in 1635 and died at the age of 68 in 1703.

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