Interior with Man Reading

Jan Ekels The Younger, 1759 - 1793



Interior with Man Reading

Jan Ekels The Younger 1759 - 1793

Summary

Light streaming through a gap in the curtains illuminates the subject of this painting as he relaxes and reads his paper. His slightly open mouth and frown give him a sense of character, as he reacts to the news. Ekels' careful observation is revealed in details such as the Dutch tiles along the bottom of the wall and the hanging board game. Jan Ekels worked in Amsterdam in the late 1700s, but was inspired by earlier Dutch genre painting, especially works by Gerard ter Borch and Vermeer, and this is a good example of the taste at that time for the revival of the Dutch Golden Age. A small, folded piece of paper on the lower left bears the artist's signature and the date, whose final digit is hard to make out.

Display Label

Interior with man reading 1784 Jan Ekels the younger 1759-93 Oil on canvas The light streams in through a gap in the curtains and illuminates the man as he relaxes and reads his paper. His slightly open mouth and frown give him a sense of character, as he reacts to the news. Ekels’ careful observation is revealed in details such as the Dutch tiles along the bottom of the wall and the hanging board game. Jan Ekels worked in Amsterdam in the late 1700s but was inspired by earlier Dutch genre painting, especially works by Gerard ter Borch and Vermeer. Gift of James Porter 1935.286


Object Name

Interior with Man Reading

Creators Name

Jan Ekels The Younger

Date Created

1784 or 1789

Dimensions

unframed: 57.4cm x 46.6cm
framed: 72cm x 61cm

accession number

1935.286

Place of creation

Holland

Support

canvas

Medium

oil paint

On Display

[G14] Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery 14 - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
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Credit

Gift of James Porter

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