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Portrait of the Artist with his Family

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The painting shows 10 persons seated in a garden around a table. Jordaens himself is on the left playing the lute. Jordaens' father, a merchant in canvases, is to his left holding a glass of wine in his hand. Next to him are Jordaens' sisters Magdalena and Anna. Then follows his mother Barbara van
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in 1615. The painting is full of symbols of family harmony and bliss. Music represented by the lute is an embodiment of harmony and in the context of a family portrait it references a harmonious marriage. The dog and the grapevine twining round the pavilion symbolize conjugal fidelity.
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fluttering above them among the foliage of the trees. In the foreground are the twins Abraham and Isaac. The family dog is in the bottom centre. On the left of the dog is a table holding bottles. Higher up on the right, a
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Wolschaten holding her daughter Elisabeth on her knees. Jordaens' sisters Maria and Catherina are on the right-hand side of the painting. They are looking up at tThree
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in 1722. He recorded this in his diary calling the painting correctly a painting by Jordaens of his father & mother and family. The painting was sold to the
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It has been speculated that the painting depicts the family's celebration of Jordaens' admission as a master to the Antwerp
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It is believed that the painting remained in the Jordaens family until the 18th century, when the work was acquired by the
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The painting contains various religious symbols such as the bread and wine which symbolize the
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enters with a tray of fruit. A basket of bread is in the centre of the table.
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The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish
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175 cm (69 in) × 137.5 cm (54.1 in)
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Erichthonius Discovered by the Daughters of Cecrops
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Jacob Jordaens
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oil paint
Hermitage Museum
RKDimages ID: 8116
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Jacob Jordaens
Group Portrait
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Hermitage Museum
putti
maidservant
Guild of St Luke
Eucharist
Peter Paul Rubens
The Circumcision
Duke of Portland
Robert Walpole
Houghton Hall
George Virtue
Hermitage Museum
Catherine II of Russia
Adam van Noort





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