Artist: Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt
Title: Die kleine Spitzenklopplerin (the little lacemaker)
Date of artist: 1640-1691
Nationality: Dutch
Pillow: domed, flat back, with drawer, sloping towards lacemaker, on lacemaker's lap.
Bobbins: with bulbs on end, on pillow, reasonable number
Comments: Poor little lacemaker! I'm not sure if she is being beaten for poor workmanship or whether she has just broken something, lying on the floor.
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt painted more than one lacemaker.
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