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Maker(s):Scheffer, Jean-Baptiste
Culture:German (1765 - 1809)
Title:Grace
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on wood panel
Place Made:Germany
Measurements:panel: 23 7/8 x 19 1/8 x 1/2 in.; 60.6425 x 48.5775 x 1.27 cm
Narrative Inscription:  label in object fiel: No.214 SIGNED JOHAN-BERNARD (JEAN BAPTISTE) SCHEFFER HAMBURG 765 AMSTERDAM 1809 WORKED AND LIVED ALL OVER HOLLAND UNTIL 1803 FROM THEN ON STAYED AND DIED IN AMSTERDAM, PUPIL OF J.F.A. TISCHBEIN AFTER THAT PAINTER TO THE COURT OF LODEWYK NAPOLEON. SPECIALIZED IN PORTRAITS AND INTERIORS WITH FIGURES ALSO MADE SOME GRAFFICKS. TEACHER OF A VAN DER BROECK H. HOOGERS AND HIS VERY FAMOUS SON ARY-SCHEFFER. THIS PAINTING WAS EXHIBITED IN AMSTERDAM IN THE YEAR 1810. DISPLAYED IN THE RYKSMUSEUM. MUSEUM BOYMANS AND DOZENS OF OTHER MUSEUMS. LISTED IN BENEZIT AND ALL OTHER MAJOR BOOKS. B TET.. .(ROOM WIHT A PRAYING FAMILY AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE) D 15FF.FF E XCEPTIONAL PIECE
Accession Number:  SC 1997.32
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Searing in memory of Helen C. Searing and Grace Dhaemers
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
interior with couple and older child saying grace at table, a second child near older one and third in basket near mother

Subjects:
Religion; Children; Domestic space; Families; Food; interior

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