# The Triplets Stans, Paul, and Peronne Arntzenius

- By: Willem Witsen (Amsterdam, 1860–1923)
- Date: c. 1860 - c. 1915
- Medium: cardboard, paper, photographic support
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 122 mm x width 170 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-W-1871--acc052f7f6467e8e49831f294146a9a2)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/bfBCZ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The realism and directness of photography fascinated the artist Willem Witsen. He experimented with portraits in which the head was taken at close range and filled the frame. The close-up was his point of departure. During a visit to his brother-in-law Arntzenius he took various photographs of the latter’s children out of doors.