In this study, a man stands on a staircase in a
listening posture; on the right, a figure can be seen schematically looking in
through a window. The drawing is related to several paintings by Nicolaes Maes
about eavesdropping, in which a young person looks at the viewer with a smile
and a finger to their mouth, while on the other side there is often a couple
making love. Maes painted these moralistic works, about marriage and deception,
mainly between 1655 and 1657.
Specifications
| Title | Interior with an Eavesdropper on a Staircase |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brush and brown ink, corrected with white |
| Object type |
Drawing (recto)
> Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 175 mm Width 175 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Nicolaes Maes
|
| Accession number | R 64 recto (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1655-1657 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005) |
| External exhibitions |
Nicolaes Maes - Dutch Master of the Golden Age (2020) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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