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De landschapschilder Dirk Dalens III (1688-1753) met zijn tweede echtgenote Maria Schaack (gest. 1766) en de kinderen Anna (geb 1725), Willem (1737-60) en Jacobus (1741-63)

Cornelis Troost

1746

De landschapschilder Dirk Dalens III (1688-1753) met zijn tweede echtgenote Maria Schaack (gest. 1766) en de kinderen Anna (geb 1725), Willem (1737-60) en Jacobus (1741-63) by Cornelis Troost

Medium

brush

Dimensions

59; 73

About this artwork

…; collection Jonkheer C.H.C.A. van Sypesteyn (1857-1937), Loosdrecht;{De Vries et al. 2002, p. 80, image 81.}…; the dealer B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, 1947;{Amsterdam 1947, p. 17, no. 37.} from whom, fl. 2,700, to the museum, 1949

Art Historical Context

This charming family portrait, painted in 1746 by Cornelis Troost (1696–1750), captures the landscape painter Dirk Dalens III (1688–1753) with his second wife, Maria Schaack (d. 1766), and their children Anna (b. 1725), Willem (1737–60), and Jacobus (1741–63). Measuring 73 × 59 cm, the work exemplifies Troost's skill in intimate group portraits, a specialty of this Dutch Rococo master known for his lively, expressive style influenced by theater and contemporary French art. Though the medium is noted simply as "brush," it reflects the refined oil techniques typical of 18th-century Netherlands, ...

About the Artist

Cornelis Troost · 1696–1750

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