Artwork
Farmhouse Parlor
Farmhouse Parlor is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Josef Frans Nollekens. It dates from 1725 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Technique & Style
The surface shows typical handling of oil on panel, preserving fine brushwork in the rendering of furnishings and architectural elements.
The work is an oil painting executed on wooden panel, measuring 22.8 cm by 17.7 cm. It portrays a domestic interior that exemplifies genre scene conventions of the early 18th century, with careful attention to spatial arrangement and domestic detail. The surface shows typical handling of oil on panel, preserving fine brushwork in the rendering of furnishings and architectural elements. Formal qualities include balanced composition, restrained palette, and emphasis on interior domesticity characteristic of the period.
History & Provenance
The Farmhouse Parlor was created in 1725 by Josef Frans Nollekens as an oil painting on panel, depicting a rural interior scene. It entered the Bavarian State Painting Collections and has been housed in the Alte Pinakothek since its acquisition.
The work's creation history is anchored to its 1725 inception date, with technical specifications recorded as 22.8 centimeters in height and 17.7 centimeters in width. Its genre aligns with genre art, reflecting contemporary genre scenes of domestic interiors.
The painting's provenance is straightforward, moving directly into the Bavarian State Painting Collections, where it remains part of their permanent holdings under the classification of a genre painting.
Farmhouse Parlor belongs to the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it is catalogued under inventory number BStGS 3844. The painting, an oil-on-panel genre scene by Josef Frans Nollekens dated 1725, measures 22.8 cm in height by 17.7 cm in width.
No exhibition history is documented in the available sources.
Overview
Farmhouse Parlor is an oil painting completed in 1725 by Josef Frans Nollekens, a Flemish artist who spent his career in England. The work belongs to the genre tradition, presenting a domestic interior rather than a historical, religious, or mythological narrative. It is now preserved in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Subject & Meaning
The scene centers on a seated woman in modest dress, occupied with a small object in her hands. Three children populate the space: an infant in her lap, a toddler standing nearby, and an older boy leaning against a wall with his gaze turned away. The composition captures a moment of everyday rural life, with household items such as jars on shelves and a plate on a table reinforcing the setting's humble character.
Artist & collection
Artist
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748) was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens.
