Framed Oil on Canvas
2010-07257
(Click the Item No. for an inquiry)canvas 13.5 x 16; overall 25 x 22.5

Although Jacques Cornelius Snoeck lived only between 1881 and 1921 he is considered one of the last great Dutch interior scene painters. He was born in Laren, Holland and acquired his art training at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) between 1900 and 1904 under the tutelage of Carl Ferdinand Sierich. His works have inspired such famous Dutch painters as Simon Duiker ~ whose paintings are part of the Dutch National Collection. Jacques Snoeck paintings have been featured at Christie’s actions with amazing results and are so popular that they are being replicated to this day. The subject of his work often depicted middle class Dutch life, particularly women at work in the home ~ cooking, sewing and rearing children.
This particular painting depicts a peasant women preparing food in a farmhouse kitchen, but the true subject of this work, a theme repeated in many of his works, is the Dutch home ~ it’s warm spaces and the woman in charge of keeping it homelike and inviting with the combination of motherly love and a comforting meal. This microcosm of Dutch life during the late 19th century was a popular subject in the Romantic Movement glorifying folk and rustic style. The artist used warm tones of burnt ochre and muted gold to achieve amazing textures on this canvas. He applied special attention to the care she takes in her task of preparing the daily meal. This exquisite oil on canvas survives in superlative condition with its original elaborately gilded frame.
Circa 1910-1915.