The Interrupted Prayer, Christoffel Bisschop (1850)
Christoffel Bisschop was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures.
He was born in Leeuwarden. His father was a prominent merchant. From 1848 to 1852, he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, where his instructor was Huib van Hove. From there, he went to Paris, where he took lessons from Charles Gleyre.
In 1855, he established a studio in The Hague and exhibited widely, in the Netherlands as well as France and England. He also had a showing at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Many of his interior scenes were painted in the city of Hindeloopen, which is known for its preservation of traditional costume.
