Stoelenmatters in een schuur aan het werk 1811

"Stoelenmatters in een schuur aan het werk" (1811) by Gerardus Laurentius Keultjes depicts two men working in a barn. The artist captures the daily lives of working-class individuals. The focus is on the figure in the foreground who carries a chair and bundles of straw on his back. The scene is rendered in watercolor, a technique that lends a soft and intimate quality to the image. This artwork, with its focus on simple, everyday tasks, represents the genre of genre painting, a popular style in Dutch art.