BURCH, Hendrick van der
(b. 1627, Naaldwijk, d. after 1666, Leiden)

Dutch Interior

c. 1660
Oil on canvas, 47 x 37 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Vermeer's elusive, oblique arts are found in this canvas ascribed to Hendrick van der Burch, who was also active in mid-seventeenth-century Delft. As with several canvases by Vermeer, this image is distinguished by its absence of overtly mattering subject. An ermine-trimmed satin jacket has been tossed over a chair, and precious slippers rest below; both are seen under an opulent still-life in a richly carved and gilded frame. None of these wealthy props are congruent with their more modest domestic settings.




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