De groentewinkel 'De Buyskool'
Jan Victors
1654
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
110; 91.5
About this artwork
Aankoop met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt
Art Historical Context
Jan Victors’s “De groentewinkel ‘De Buyskool’” (1654) offers a vivid glimpse into everyday commerce in the Dutch Republic. Painted in oil on canvas, the work measures 91.5 by 110 centimeters and belongs to the Rijksmuseum’s collection. The title, which translates as “The Vegetable Shop ‘The Cabbage,’” points to a lively market scene, a subject that celebrated the prosperity and domestic routines of seventeenth-century Dutch towns. Victors, active during the height of the Dutch Golden Age, specialized in genre paintings that captured ordinary people engaged in daily tasks. Such scenes were pop...