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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 The Arntzenius sisters, 1895


Creator

 Tholen, Willem B. (schilder)


Year

 1895


Type

 schilderij, painting


Measurements

 36,5 x 57 cm.


Related term

 lezers, leesgedrag


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding


Content

 Dora and Elisabeth, two of the six Arntzenius children, recorded for posterity by Willem B. Tholen (1860-1931)while reading. In the paintings of the impressionists, and in their wake also by the painters of the Haagse School, informally reading women were a favourite subject. Tholen was born in Amsterdam but established himself as an artist in The Hague. The family Arntzenius lived with him and his wife. The portraits which Tholen made of the children are among his best-known works.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Gouda Stedelijk Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis