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| Keywords: Dutch - Portrait of a Family - Walters 37287.jpg It was in the Dutch Republic that the family portrait first became a significant subject particularly among the middle class This is due in part to the important role of women in Dutch society as well as to the prosperity and political power of the middle class The seated parents are surrounded by their children who stand in respect The souls of infants who died young or were stillborn hover above The rural setting indicates that the family has property; however their attire is sober excepting the lustrous East-Indian pearls worn by the girls possibly to suggest the dowries they will bring to marriage In addition the two girls of marriageable age carry roses-they are in bloom The boys have one hand on the hip a gesture of determination associated in portraiture with the man on guard ready to defend the family Maybe the family members did all look alike but more likely this provincial artist was unable to register the distinctions between 1635 1640 Baroque oil on panel cm 142 8 181 2 accession number 37 287 39703 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Holland Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Art of the Netherlands Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
