Pancake Woman
1768
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Artist
Jacobus Buys
Jacobus Buys (1726–1798) was an artist, born in Weesp.
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chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Pancake Woman is a 1768 chalk by Jacobus Buys, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting at a table, stirring something in a pan. She wears a loose dress and a headscarf, and her hands are busy with a spoon. The room around her is simple, with a window showing a faint view of a boat outside. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and texture, especially in her clothes and the pan. The drawing looks like it was made fast, almost like a snapshot of daily life. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Jacobus Buys (1726–1798) was an artist, born in Weesp.
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