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Pancake Woman

Jacobus Buys

1768

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century

Dominant colour

Pancake Woman is a 1768 chalk by Jacobus Buys, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacobus Buys
When & what style?: 1768 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This image shows a woman sitting down, holding a frying pan and a long stick. She's wearing a long dress and a head covering. The background is a bit blurry, but it looks like she's in a room with a window. The woman seems to be cooking something in the pan, and the stick might be a spatula. The way she's holding it makes it look like she's about to flip whatever is in the pan. The artist used a technique called cross-hatching to create the image. If you want to learn more about this style, you could look into the Romanticism movement.