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Van der Neer painted a number of pictures depicting elegant female figures occupied in polite occupations such as reading (1665; New York, Metropolitan Museum) and playing musical instruments (Copenhagen, Staatliche Museum), which, like 'A Lady Drawing', present a paradigm of feminine behaviour for the leisured classes. Their smooth, highly finished technique recalls that of the Leiden ‘Fine Painters’ (cf. Dou and Van Mieris), while their subjects are comparable to the fashionably dressed women in interiors painted by Terborch (q.v.). Van der Neer was one of the few artists of the late seventeenth century who continued to incorporate symbolic meaning in his pictures, which are lent added sophistication by the fashionable French costumes of his subjects and the rich architectural settings in which they appear.
Title
A Lady Drawing
Date
c.1665
Medium
oil on oak panel
Measurements
H 30.3 x W 25.6 cm
Accession number
P243
Acquisition method
acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1861; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897
Work type
Painting
The Wallace Collection
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England
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