Ladies of the Rijksmuseum - a selection of paintings

Girl with an Oil Lamp at a Window, by Gerrit Dou, circa 1645-75.

Marie Fargues, wife of the artist, in Turkish costume, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1756-58.

The Sick Woman, by Jan Havickszoon Steen, circa 1663-66.

Portrait of an Old Lady, Possibly Elisabeth Bas, attributed to Ferdinand Bol, circa 1640-45.

Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, circa 1805-09.

Seated Girl in Peasant Costume (the artist's sister Gesina), by Gerard ter Borch, circa 1650-60.

Marie de' Medici, consort of Henri IV, King of France, by Frans Pourbus the Younger (workshop of), circa 1590-1620.

Old Woman Saying Grace, also known as The Prayer without End, by Nicolaes Maes, circa 1656.

Johanna Henriette Engelen, second wife of Daniel Francis Schas, by Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet, 1826.

An Old Woman Reading, probably the Prophetess Hannah, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.

Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, dauphine of France, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1749.

Girl Peeling an Apple, by Cornelis Bisschop, 1667.

Alida Christina Assink, by Jan Adam Kruseman, 1833.

The Anemic Lady, by Samuel van Hoogstraten, circa 1660-78.

Les autres dans l'atelier - how does one get any work done...?

In the studio of the artist, by Wilhelm August Golicke, 1832. The model is in the background,
dressing or undressing, but her little shoe is in the foreground by the posing platform.

The artist in his studio, by Gerrit Dou, circa 1628. I wonder about the rather ominous fellow in the doorway....

Frith in his studio painting Alexandra, Princess of Wales for "The Marriage of the Prince of Wales", by John Ballantyne, 1863.
Ballantyne's likeness of the Princess is no better than Frith's turned out to be.

Tsar Nicholas I and the artist, by Bogdan Willewalde, 1883. Painted almost thirty years after the death of the
Tsar, who appears to be actively "assisting" the artist; if the Tsar wants to help, who's going to tell him no?

The artist in his studio and his man Gibbs, by George Morland, 1802. What a dreary studio! But the drawings above the grate are charming.

L'Atelier de Houdon (Houdon modelant le buste de Laplace dans son atelier), by Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1804.

The painter in his studio, by Jan Miense Molenaer, circa 1633.

Im Atelier, by Moritz Stifter, 1890. Whose children have been brought in by the babushka'd crone?

Im Atelier des Malers, by Jan Josef Horemans II, circa mid-eighteenth century. The fellow at center is grinding pigment to make paint.

Atelier of the artist Venetsianov, by Alexander Alexeyevich Alexeyev, 1827. A young serf girl looks to have been put to work as a model.

The studio of Ingres in Rome, by Jean Alaux , 1818. The painter holds a violin rather than a paint brush, and a cat sleeps by the open door.

 

Sleeping Dog, by Gerrit Dou, 1650

Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613, Leiden – 9 February 1675, Leiden), sometimes Gerard, Douw or Dow, important painter of the Dutch Golden Age.  He is best known for his genre scenes, his use of trompe l'oeil, and for night scenes lit only by candlelight.