Rijksmuseum

A Painter’s Studio

Date

c. 1646 - c. 1650

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Like so many artists, Sweerts undertook a study trip to Rome. There he painted this scene of a painter’s studio, in which all the phases of artistic training are to be seen. At the left a young artist studies a large anatomical figure; piled up at the right are fragments of antique statues. In the left background a painter sketches from a nude model; a completed painting hangs on the wall.

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