Shown from the shoulders up, a man and woman face our left in profile against a shadowy, dark green curtain in this vertical portrait painting. They both look steadily to our left, they and have pale skin and wear black. The man is closer to us so he overlaps the woman, whose profile is shifted to our left. A black cap sits on the man's curly, silver, shoulder-length hair. He has a slight double chin and soft jowls. A thin mustache curves over his upper lip, and a line of hair runs down his chin as a narrow beard. A broad, flat, white collar lies across his shoulders over a velvety black…
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Portrait of the Artist's Parents, Salomon de Bray and Anna Westerbaen

painter Jan de Bray (Dutch, c. 1627 - 1688)

1664

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.) ; framed: 99.7 x 85.7 x 8.9 cm (39 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Feder
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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