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Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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The Lacemaker, 1655
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch, 1634
- 1693
oil on oak
57.1 x 43.8 cm
Purchased 1954
National Gallery of Canada (no. 6189)
The subject of the lacemaker is frequently found in Dutch painting of this period; Maes painted no fewer than twelve examples. The intense concentration of the woman and the organized setting serve to underline the virtues of domesticity. The artist's use of chiaroscuro ' distributing the light and shade to focus on the figure ' reveals the influence of his teacher, Rembrandt.
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