Fotoreproducties van De peinzende door Nicolaes Maes en Een boerendeel door Egbert Lievensz. van der Poel c. 1866 - 1874

This anonymous photographic work from the 1860s depicts photoreproductions of two paintings by Dutch Golden Age artists. The left image is of Nicolaes Maes’ *The Pensive Woman*, while the right shows *A Peasant Couple* by Egbert Lievensz. van der Poel. These smaller-scale photographic copies of the original paintings are valuable to art history as they document the widespread popularity of these artists' works in the 19th century. While the original oil paintings continue to be highly sought-after by museums and collectors, these photoreproductions demonstrate how accessible these works were for a wider audience through photomechanical reproduction.