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A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting

François Bonvin1862

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

François Bonvin was a prolific watercolorist, and he developed a lifelong interest in modest religious subjects showing scenes of everyday life. This delightfully simple image of a nun knitting reveals the artist's appreciation for 17th-century Dutch artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), whose work he copied.

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  • Title: A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting
  • Creator: François Bonvin (French, 1817-1887)
  • Date Created: 1862
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: [Christie's, New York (26 May 1977), no. 6]; purchased in 1977.
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.399
  • Medium: gouache and watercolor
  • Inscriptions: lower left, in black gouache: F. Bonvin. 1862.
  • Department: Drawings
  • Culture: France, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
  • Collection: Drawings
  • Accession Number: 2008.399
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