Artwork
Woman Peeling Potatoes
Woman Peeling Potatoes is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever. It dates from 1901 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
The painting belongs to the genre-scene tradition, depicting an everyday domestic subject in a style consistent with Kever's early-twentieth-century practice.
Woman Peeling Potatoes is executed in oil paint on canvas, a traditional combination well suited to the work's modest scale of 45 by 54 centimeters. The painting belongs to the genre-scene tradition, depicting an everyday domestic subject in a style consistent with Kever's early-twentieth-century practice. As an oil on canvas work housed in the Rijksmuseum, it is catalogued as a painting within the museum's holdings and the related Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection.
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History & Provenance
Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever created the oil painting Woman Peeling Potatoes in 1901. The work is executed in oil on canvas and measures 45 cm in height by 54 cm in width. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, also known as Instituut Collectie Nederland, currently holds the piece within its collection.
It is housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where it is displayed as an example of genre art.
Overview
Hein Kever, a Dutch painter linked to the Laren School, completed the oil work Woman Peeling Potatoes in 1901. The canvas captures a modest interior scene rendered in an Impressionist manner and is part of the Rijksmuseum’s holdings.
Subject & Meaning
The composition shows a woman in a white apron engaged in peeling potatoes over a bowl, while a small child crouches nearby, reaching into a bucket. The subdued lighting and simple surroundings emphasize the quiet routine of domestic labor.
Context
Kever’s oeuvre often focused on everyday life in rural Dutch settings. This piece reflects the social reality of working‑class households, aligning with the period’s interest in portraying ordinary people and their chores.
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Artist
Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, known as Hein (19 June 1854 in Amsterdam – 29 April 1922 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch genre and still-life painter; associated with the Laren School.
