Susanna van Colllen-Mogge and her daughter. Painting by Hermanus Numan, 1776.
Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, acc. no. SK-A-2419.
This oil on canvas painting from 1776 by the Dutch artist, Hermanus Numan (1744-1820), shows Susanna van Collen-Mogge and her daughter, Johanna Ferdinanda (1774-1833). The painting measures 80 × 64 cm. The woman is shown making bobbin lace using a flat pillow resting on a support of some kind. There is a sewing box on the table.
Behind the sitter there is the portrait of her deceased first husband, Ferdinand van Collen (1741-1773), half covered by a dark curtain. Susanna Cornelia Mogge (1753-1806) is about to be married again, with the Amsterdam banker, Henric Muilman (1743-1812).
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (retrieved 17 July 2016).
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