What is genre painting? by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker A conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of Nicolaes Maes, The Lacemaker, c. 1656, oil on canvas, 45.1 x 52.7 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Smarthistory images for teaching and learning: [flickr_tags user_id=”82032880@N00″ tags=”thelacemaker,”] More Smarthistory images… Cite this page Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "What is genre painting?," in Smarthistory, May 11, 2022, accessed March 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/what-is-genre-painting-2/.