Goethe-Gallery

Enlightenment and Sensibility

In the two small-format pendants, the depictions of women working and their domestic surroundings merge into picturesque interior scenes. The painter has placed the spinner in a simply furnished space. Barefoot and wearing a white bonnet, her appearance is simple and rural, but by no means impoverished. Rather, the soft light and the loose brushwork create an atmospheric, friendly mood.