Lot Essay
A student of the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam, Keirs excelled at painting interiors lit by candlight and landscapes by moonlight. He was married to the genre painter, Elisabeth Alida Haanen.
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A family gathered around a lamplit table
Details
Petrus Kiers (Dutch, 1807-1875)
A family gathered around a lamplit table
Signed and dated 'P. Kiers fect Amsterdam/1854' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24¼ x 28¾ in. (61.5 x 73 cm.)
A family gathered around a lamplit table
Signed and dated 'P. Kiers fect Amsterdam/1854' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24¼ x 28¾ in. (61.5 x 73 cm.)
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