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Family Portrait in a Park

Family Portrait in a Park

Caspar Netscher (in 1667)

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  • Sam Bakker asked

    Dag,
    Hebben jullie meer informatie over de familie en kinderen (wanneer deze geboren zijn)? Voor mijn masterthesis over de afbeeldingen van tweelingen in de Nederlanden in de 16e en 17e eeuw, zou ik graag achterhalen of de twee meiden naast de schaatsende puti tweeling zijn of niet. Indien dat niet het geval is, weten jullie welk archief ik het beste zou kunnen vragen?
    Met vriendelijke groet,
    Sam Bakker
    kunstwetenschappen MA student

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hallo Sam, Over de afgebeelde familie staat helaas niets in ons registratiesysteem. Mogelijk vind je meer informatie in de publicaties 1)Faces of the Golden Age. Seventeenth Century Dutch Portrait (English Supplement) - 50-51 of 2) Nederlandse portretten uit de 17e eeuw - 155-157
    Andere informatie die wellicht kan helpen: het schilderij is geveild op 14 april 1851 in Amsterdam en kwam mogelijk uit de collectie J. van der Veen. Ook de naam Wertmuller wordt genoemd op een etiket. Het is in 1851 aangekocht door Herman de Kat, die het in 1866 veilde bij Drouot in Parijs, waarbij het museum het verwierf. Succes met je onderzoek! Hartelijke groet, Els

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The family portrait shows on the left the father wearing an imposing Allonge wig. Considering the statue of Justitia in the alcove behind him, he could be a magistrate or lawyer. His wife is dressed in a gown of white silk and has the youngest child on her lap. The other children are enjoying themselves decorating a statue of a nude skater with a garland of flowers. This little joke almost turns winter into summer. In addition, the plaits of flower garlands refers to characteristics such as innocence, purity and virginity. The flower in the large stone pot to the left also has a symbolic meaning. The flower is a so-called sleep ball, which was often called a moon head in the 17th century. Generally these are associated with fertility. Such significant details undoubtedly came about in consultation with the client. Netscher knew these symbols well, for he painted the moon head on various occasions.

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Title Family Portrait in a Park
Material and technique Oil on canvas
Object type
Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Width 91 cm
Height 84 cm
Artists Painter: Caspar Netscher
Accession number 1587 (OK)
Credits Purchased 1866
Department Old Masters
Acquisition date 1866
Creation date in 1667
Internal exhibitions Alles kids (2016)
Material
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Geographical origin Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Caspar Netscher

Heidelberg circa 1636 - Den Haag 1684

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