Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 10 works by Anthon van Rappard in our catalogue
In short
To the gallery's eye, Anthon van Rappard's most famous painting is Weaver (1884), whose original hangs in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Portrait of a Girl (1884) and Woman at the Spinning Wheel (1891) complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 10 works by Anthon van Rappard in our catalog, the gallery presents the 10 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.
In 1884, Anthon van Rappard turned his gaze toward the quiet, heavy shadows of Drenthe. The painting, Weaver, captures a man caught in the rhythmic, solitary labor of his craft. He sits within a small, dark house, dwarfed by the imposing wooden structure of a loom. The space is cramped and dim, a setting where the air feels thick with the dust of industry and the weight of poverty. It…
Anthon van Rappard, born in Zeist, Netherlands, captured the quietude of a life lived in observation. In his work Old Drenthe Woman, the artist turns his gaze toward the weathered reality of the human form. This oil portrait focuses on an elderly subject, presenting a face marked by the passage of time. The subject sits in a moment of stillness, her presence anchored by the weight of her years and…
The 3 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Anthon van Rappard | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
Rotterdam | 5 | Portrait of a Girl, Woman at the Spinning Wheel, Landing-stage with boats |
 Centraal Museum |
Utrecht | 3 | Two Female Workers, Tile Painters, Washing strands of Cotton |
 Van Gogh Museum |
Amsterdam | 2 | Weaver, Old Drenthe Woman |
Some ten years, from 1882 to 1891, were enough for Anthon van Rappard: the gallery walks through them year by year, one famous original after another.
Pick a year to see its originals.
In 1884, Anthon van Rappard turned his gaze toward the quiet, heavy shadows of Drenthe. The painting, Weaver, captures a man caught in the rhythmic, solitary labor of his craft. He sits within a small, dark house, dwarfed by the imposing wooden structure of a loom. The space is cramped and dim, a setting where the air feels thick with the dust of industry and the weight of poverty. It…
More from 1884
Weaver (1884), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Portrait of a Girl (1884) and Woman at the Spinning Wheel (1891) come next.
26 years old: Weaver dates from 1884, and Anthon van Rappard was born in 1858.
Weaver, Portrait of a Girl, Woman at the Spinning Wheel, Old Drenthe Woman, Two Female Workers, Tile Painters, Landing-stage with boats, Laborer in a brickworks, Cotton Weaver near his Machine and Washing strands of Cotton. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 10 works by Anthon van Rappard, dated from 1882 to 1891.
Mostly in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Centraal Museum (Utrecht) and Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1884: 3 of the 10 works on this page were made then, Weaver among them.
On this page, the earliest is Tile Painters (1882) and the latest Woman at the Spinning Wheel (1891).
Portrait of a Girl, Woman at the Spinning Wheel and Landing-stage with boats: the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam holds 5 of the works on this page.
Anthon van Rappard lived through a period of quiet observation in the Netherlands. His life was closely tied to the city of Utrecht, where he found moments of deep connection with his surroundings. During the first half of the 1880s, he maintained a friendship and an exchange of letters with Vincent van Gogh. This connection placed him within a circle of individuals who were deeply engaged with the realities of their time.
His work often turned toward the lived experiences of those in his community. He spent time sketching at the Institute for the Blind in Utrecht, a place dedicated to teaching people how to earn a living through manual labor. In the autumn of 1882 and again around 1890, he returned to this setting to capture the steady rhythm of daily tasks.
Van Rappard had a way of looking at the small, focused movements of people at work. In his 1891 pastel, he documented three men engaged in the delicate process of making brushes. He watched as they fitted plant fibers into wooden handles with precise care. The scene included the simple tools of their trade, such as hammers and rolls of metal wire, laid out on a table.
There was a specific stillness in how he approached his subjects. In the same work, he depicted a bookkeeper at a tall desk, turned away from the craftsmen. This figure, wearing a faded black frock coat and spectacles, provided a quiet contrast to the physical labor occurring nearby. Through these sketches, Van Rappard recorded the atmosphere of an institution where people worked to find their place in society.
