The Evening Prayer, Pierre Edouard Frère, 1857

Title(s)

The Evening Prayer

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-3081

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Ed. Frère. 57.’

Description

Het avondgebed. Twee kinderen knielen en bidden bij hun jonge moeder die op een stoel zit. Sobere interieur met rechts een haard.

Artist

• painter: Pierre Edouard Frère (mentioned on object)

Dating

1857

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 46.5 cm × width 38.5 cm
depth 6.4 cm

What

• interior of the house
• (private) prayer; 'Oratione', 'Preghiere', 'Preghiere a Dio' (Ripa)
• child (at home)
• child
• parental love

Credit line

• J.B.A.M. Westerwoudt Bequest, Haarlem

Acquisition

bequest 1907

Copyright

Public domain

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 234