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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 The Arntzenius sisters, 1895

Creator
 Tholen, Willem B. (schilder)

Year
 1895

Type
 schilderij, painting

Measurements
 36,5 x 57 cm.

Related term
 lezers, leesgedrag

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

Content
 Dora and Elisabeth, two of the six Arntzenius children, recorded for posterity by Willem B. Tholen (1860-1931)while reading. In the paintings of the impressionists, and in their wake also by the painters of the Haagse School, informally reading women were a favourite subject. Tholen was born in Amsterdam but established himself as an artist in The Hague. The family Arntzenius lived with him and his wife. The portraits which Tholen made of the children are among his best-known works.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Gouda Stedelijk Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis