The French Realist painter François Bonvin made numerous drawings in black chalk of this kind, depicting women in domestic settings engaged in sewing, knitting, cooking, doing laundry, or as we see here, changing the candle in a lamp. Bonvin's drawings were often signed and dated, and intended as finished works for sale in their own right. His subjects were inspired by the works of seventeenth century Dutch painters, and the French still life painter Jean-Siméon Chardin.
Specifications
| Title | Interior with a Woman Holding a Lantern at a Table |
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| Material and technique | Black chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 412 mm Width 309 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
François Bonvin
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| Accession number | MB 1942/T 2 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1942 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1942 |
| Creation date | in 1864 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
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