Reyer Reyersz van der Burch (1630-1695), Ammunition Officer attached to the Arsenal of the States-General, Delft, with his Wife Geertruid Graswinckel and their Children Frank, Cornelis, Reyer, Maria and Alida
Cornelis de Man
1670 - 1680
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
306; 10; 216; 313; 4; 207
About this artwork
oil on canvas
Art Historical Context
This grand family portrait by Cornelis de Man captures Reyer Reyersz van der Burch, an ammunition officer serving the Dutch Republic’s arsenal in Delft, alongside his wife Geertruid Graswinckel and their five children. Painted between 1670 and 0 in oil on canvas, the nearly two-by-three-meter work presents the family in their finest attire, arranged formally yet warmly within a richly furnished interior. De Man, a Delft artist active during the Dutch Golden Age, specialized in such group portraits that celebrated civic duty and domestic harmony. In the prosperous Dutch Republic, large-scale f...