The oil on canvas 'A Lacemaker, with a Boy Blowing Bubbles' (De Kantwerkster / Kantklossende Vrouw en Bellenblazende Jongen) was painted in 1742 by the Dutch eighteenth century master, Louis de Moni (1698-1771). It is now part of the Mauritshuis collection in The Hague, and on long-term loan to the Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, the town where De Moni eventually settled and spent the rest of his life.
The female lacemaker is making a narrow length of bobbin lace. The pillow she is using has a stuffed wooden frame wih a drawer inside in order to keep the lace clean.
The painting measures 39 x 32 cm.
Mauritshuis online catalogue (retrieved 17th July 2016).
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