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Arnold Boonen — Candlelit interior with a young man seated at a table, lighting his pipe
Arnold Boonen

Candlelit interior with a young man seated at a table, lighting his pipe

Arnold Boonen's oil painting portrays an intimate domestic scene of a young man seated at a table by candlelight, engaged in the simple act of lighting his pipe. The work exemplifies Dutch Golden Age genre painting with its attention to light, atmosphere, and everyday human moments.

Medium
oil on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

Master Paintings

May 25, 2022

Estimate: $70,000$90,000

Lot 14

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Arnold Boonen, Candlelit interior with a young man seated at a table, lighting his pipe

Arnold Boonen's oil painting portrays an intimate domestic scene of a young man seated at a table by candlelight, engaged in the simple act of lighting his pipe. The work exemplifies Dutch Golden Age genre painting with its attention to light, atmosphere, and everyday human moments.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Atmospheric, Genre Scene, Dutch, Historical, Interior, Candlelit, Warm Tones, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Seventeenth Century

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