Family of the Stone Grinder
ArtistCopy after
Gerard ter Borch
(Dutch, 1617 - 1681)
Dateafter c. 1653-55
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 38 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (98.4 x 81.9 x 6.4 cm)
Image: 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)
Image: 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN271
The present painting is one of the few pictures of the hovels in which many of the poorest artisans and semiskilled laborers lived in Dutch towns. Yet, for all the dereliction, it is also unmistakably an image of domestic virtue, for the men grinding knives are symbols of unremitting hard work.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall West
