This painting shows a group of people in a room. In the center, a woman in a red dress and a red bonnet sits with a baby on her lap. A man stands to the left, leaning on a wooden desk or podium with a piece of paper on it, while another man stands on the right, leaning on the back of the woman's chair and looking down at her. An elderly woman is seated on the left beside the wooden desk, wearing a white bonnet and a dark yellow dress. Two girls are on either side of her, one standing and one sitting, reading a book. Another girl stands next to the woman in red, their arms linked together.…
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An Artist and His Family

painter German 19th Century

c. 1830

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 75 x 63.5 cm (29 1/2 x 25 in.) ; framed: 97.2 x 85.7 x 7.6 cm (38 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 3 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
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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