Jan Weenix
(1640-1719)
Girl Sleeping,
1665
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
44,9 x 34,7 cm (Bildmaß)43,7 x 33,4 cm (Lichtes Maß)
Displayed
AP OG -> Kabinett 16
Acquisition
Aus der Galerie Mannheim
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Alte Pinakothek
Citation
Jan Weenix, Schlafendes Mädchen, 1665, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Alte Pinakothek, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Y0GRkkB4RX (Last updated on 19.12.2025)
The hardworking and virtuous hunter (see inv. no. 248), returning home with plenty of game, is moralizingly juxtaposed with the lax idleness of the sleeping woman. After 1680 Weenix specialised in animal and hunt still lifes. From 1702 onwards he was in the service of the Elector of Düsseldorf Johann Wilhelm.
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