painting
Catalog Number
1997.11.1Description
Painting of a large room, fireplace in center, large window on the right. Angels are visible in the sky outside the window. In the room an elderly person is laying in a bed dying. A woman sits on a chair beside the bed, with a child standing beside her.A translation of the Dutch inscription along the bottom reads: "Good night, my dear friends, I am tired of the world...You shall not find me here anymore, I am going to Jesus".
This painting, titled "Death Scene" was done in 1808 by N. Binneveld.