A Family Group

Date1634/1635

Object PlaceFlanders, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions63 3/4 inches × 44 inches (162 × 111.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

Object number51.230

DescriptionGroup portrait of seven children, three girls at the left, one looking over her shoulder while she picks roses, and four boys at right. The small girl, in profile, center foreground, gestures toward the group of boys. The children are richly dressed and have solemn expressions on their faces. Dense foliage in the background with a herm of Mercury in the center.

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