Alter Bauer mit geschultertem Kalb, junger Frau und Ziegenbock,

um 1663/64

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

170 x 234 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IX

Department

Holländische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

15168

Acquisition

1989 aus dem Kunsthandel erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Christoph Paudiß, Alter Bauer mit geschultertem Kalb, junger Frau und Ziegenbock, um 1663/64, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A0GOqJrxdp (Last updated on 22.05.2023)

Paudiß, an artist from northern Germany, was one of the painters from the circle of artists around Rembrandt. After years moving from one place to another he started working at the court of the prince-bishop of Freising, Albrecht Sigismund of Bavaria, in 1662. While changing the shoes of the old man who has returned from the market, the young woman notices the broken egg that has fallen out of the basket. The moralising undertone probably refers to the traditional theme of the ill-matched lovers.