Identification title(s): japke faber in a box bed. In the silence of the night (original title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1979-345. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: in the foreground a burning kerosene lamp on a table and a sleeping cat on a chair. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: richard nicolaüs roland holst (mentioned on object). Date: 1899. Physical features: lithography on chine collé. Material: paper chine collé technique: lithography (technique). Dimensions: top: h 294 mm × w 398 mm. Explanation: print used for: the social democratic party, organ of the social democratic workers' party in the netherlands. Japke faber was the mother of keimpe, wybren and marten hogerhuis. These three brothers were accused of robbery in 1895. The subsequent judicial scandal is known as the house of lords case. The print was accompanied by a text by henriëtte roland holst-van der schalk entitled 'in the silence of the night', which discusses the content of the print: 'i am an old person and sometimes my head becomes so dull and my legs so heavy, and i am so afraid that i will die before i see my boys at my table again. Then she quickly catches up; then come up with something that will happen quickly. My boys. Would they sleep, what would they do?'. Subject: what: built-in bedstead, paraffin lampcat. House of lords case. Who: japke faber. Credit line: bequest of mr. R. Roland holst. Acquisition: bequest december 31, 1938. Date: 1899.
Loading...
