Girl in Kimono (Geesje Kwak?) — George Hendrik Breitner

George Hendrik Breitner. Painted 1894.

The model for this painting was called Geesje Kwak, then a sixteen-year-old housemaid from Amsterdam. She is dressed in a Japanese kimono, a popular subject for Breitner. He made thirteen paintings of girls in kimonos, inspired by Japanese prints, which he as well collected. However, for Europeans, wearing Asian clothing since long also had a sexual inference.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Currently on display in The Hague School / Amsterdam impressionists / Van Gogh and contemporaries, Main building, 19th Century.

oil paint (paint), canvas · Original size: 57 × 59 cm · Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

Print: 57 × 59 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108304. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.