A Shoemaker's Workshop, David Ryckaert III, circa 1650

An elderly cobbler is making or repairing shoes in his workshop. Alongside him his wife is spinning whool. To the left an apprentice. On the wall a drawing or print of the head of a man. In the background on the right a number of men sitting around a table are playing cards. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: circa 1650. Place of creation: Antwerp. Dimensions: height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 69 cm (27.1 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Rijksmuseum. De schoenmakerswerkplaats Rijksmuseum SK-A-357