Art, literature & history
A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting
1862
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- gouache and watercolor
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2008.399
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
François Bonvin. A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting — François Bonvin. 1862.
Medium: gouache and watercolor. Dimensions: Sheet: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
François Bonvin was a prolific watercolorist, and he developed a lifelong interest in modest religious subjects showing scenes of everyday life. This delightfully simple image of a nun knitting reveals the artist's appreciation for 17th-century Dutch artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), whose work he copied.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.