Nº 2
Reading edition
Tony Offermans DUTCH: 1854-
THE COBBLER
Water Color
Height, 18 inches; width, 13 inches
An old Dutch cobbler, pipe in mouth, sits in a low chair near a window under which is his cobbler’s bench with various tools, engaged in repairing a shoe which he holds on the leather apron on his lap. The figure is lighted by a narrow window, the casements of which are thrown open, and a petroleum lamp with a tin shade hangs from a beam over the cobbler’s head.
Signed at the lower right, T. Offermans.