Vespers
Artist: George Hitchcock (American, 1850–1913)
Original Dimensions: 44 3/8" x 35 3/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1895–1900) "In reaction to the industrialism and materialism of the modern age, a religious revival about 1900 reflected a general spiritual yearning among artists and their patrons. This painting shows a young Dutch woman walking to evening prayers, or vespers. She wears the typical Zeeland circular, colorful cape and white, transparent headdress that resembles a bridal veil. The religious subject and the detailed rendering of landscape and costume reveal the expatriate Hitchcock's strong dependence on French painters such as Jules Bastien-Lepage. Hitchcock's assimilation of Impressionism is revealed in the unconventional composition, interest in pattern, and intense palette." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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