Woman at the Window
dated 1654 | Jacobus Vrel
A darkly dressed woman with a white headscarf leans out of the open window of a sparsely furnished room. The object of her observation, however, remains hidden to the viewer. While a pot hangs over the fire in the chimney, her needlework rests on the table in front of the window. Stylistically related to Vermeer and de Hooch, the early dating of the Vienna painting (1654) argues for Vrel’s role as a forerunner.
A darkly dressed woman with a white headscarf leans out of the open window of a sparsely furnished room. The object of her observation, however, remains hidden to the viewer. While a pot hangs over the fire in the chimney, her needlework rests on the table in front of the window. Stylistically related to Vermeer and de Hooch, the early dating of the Vienna painting (1654) argues for Vrel’s role as a forerunner.
Artist:
Jacobus Vrel (bezeugt 1654 - 1662, tätig vermutlich in Holland) DNB
Time:
dated 1654
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
66,5 cm × 47,4 cm × 0,9 cm
Framed: 83 cm × 64,8 cm × 5,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the left side of the cabinet, below the coat: J. Frel 1654
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 6081
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm, Brussels; 1781 in the castle of Pressburg; 1908 reacquired from Gabriele Imhof von Geisslinghof, Vienna