Artwork
Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning is an oil painting by the Realist artist Hendrik Jacobus Scholten. It dates from 1865 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
The work is executed in oil paint on a wooden panel, measuring 55 cm by 66.
The work is executed in oil paint on a wooden panel, measuring 55 cm by 66.5 cm. Scholten applies thin, blended brushstrokes that render the interior scene with a muted palette and careful attention to light, giving the composition a quiet, domestic realism characteristic of mid‑nineteenth‑century Dutch genre painting. The surface remains well preserved, showing only minor craquelure typical of age, and the handling appears restrained, preserving the delicate tonal transitions.
History & Provenance
Hendrik Jacobus Scholten painted Sunday Morning in 1865, an oil on panel measuring 55 cm by 66.5 cm. The work entered the Rijksmuseum collection and was included in the exhibition A century apart: 350 nineteenth-century paintings from the Rijksmuseum. Ownership has remained within the museum since its acquisition.
Context
Executed in oil on panel in 1865, the work was classified as a genre scene and entered the Rijksmuseum collection, where it remained on view in the exhibition A century apart: 350 nineteenth-century paintings from the Rijksmuseum, underscoring its significance within the artist’s oeuvre and the broader nineteenth-century Dutch painting tradition
Overview
Sunday Morning is an 1865 oil painting by Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, a 19th-century Dutch artist, capturing a domestic scene in a realistic style.
Subject & Meaning
The painting portrays a serene winter morning scene with two women of different ages engaged in contemplative activities: an older woman by the fireplace and a younger one reading. The contrast between their attire and postures subtly conveys generational differences and a moment of quiet learning.
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Artist
Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (11 July 1824, Amsterdam – 29 May 1907, Heemstede), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.
