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| Title | Interior: Woman Cleaning Vegetables | |
| Alternative Title | An Old Woman Peeling Pears | |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle | |
| Artist | Attributed to after Teniers, David, I (Flemish painter, 1582-1649) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1640 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1680 | |
| Description | In this Dutch interior, the viewer's attention is drawn to the domestic objects surrounding the woman in the foreground. Pots and pans are carefully arranged on the left. The spinning-machine in the background alludes to the woman's main occupation, but also to the virtues of industriousness and domesticity. This painting is a copy of a work by a follower of David Teniers I, inspired by his style in the 1640s. | |
| Current Accession Number | B.M.834 | |
| Inscription | front cl 'XXVII III OII' | |
| Subject | everyday life; interior | |
| Measurements | 45.5 x 63 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. | |
| Notes | This painting is similar to An Old Woman Peeling Pears (National Gallery, London, NG 805), which is attributed to a follower of Teniers. The National Gallery painting bears a similar inscription 'D. TENIERS F. / XXVIII'. The Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie referred to the Bowes painting as a copy of an original by David Teniers, possibly by E. Tilborch (correspondence, 1964). | |
| Rights Owner | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham | |
| Author | Dr Mercedes Cerón | |