Interior with a Woman at a Spinning Wheel

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This is one of the exquisite interior scenes by Boursse that invite comparison with Vermeer because of their tranquil beauty and subtle colour harmonies. The woman at the spinning wheel almost dissolves into the dimly lit interior to become a symbol of virtues of the housewife.

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Interior with a Woman at a Spinning Wheel

About the Artist

Esaias Boursse

1631 – 1672

Dutch painter, active mainly in his native Amsterdam. He joined the Dutch East India Company in 1661 and made two voyages to the Indies, on the second of which he died at sea. His few surviving paintings include some exquisite interior scenes that invite comparison with Vermeer because of their tranquil beauty and subtle colour harmonies.

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