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| Title | Dutch Interior | |
| Collection | Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Blommers, Bernardus Johannes (Dutch artist, 1845-1914) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1865 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1900 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | B. J. Blommers was the son of a lithographer, but, having attended the Hague Academy, he soon abandoned engraving for painting, and became a leading member of the Hague School. The Hague School continued the seventeenth-century Dutch tradition of painting interiors, but, rather than the light-filled rooms of Vermeer, Blommers and his contemporary Josef Israëls preferred to work in a style more inspired by the painterly ideals of Rembrandt. | |
| Current Accession Number | BERMG:1420 | |
| Former Accession Number | Burrell Collection no. 12 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'B.J. Blommers' | |
| Subject | figure; interior; everday life | |
| Measurements | 107.5 x 87.5 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Sir William and Lady Burrell 1949. | |
| Provenance | Purchased by Sir William Burrell, 23 April 1948, from L. J. Brown and Co., £110 5s 0d. | |
| Rights Owner | Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Elizabeth van der Beugel | |