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David Leeuw and Cornelia Hooft with their Children
Also titled David Leeuw en Cornelia Hooft met hun kinderen
Abraham van den Tempel (Leeuwarden, ca. –1672)
1671
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 190 cm x width 200 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.H. Willink van Bennebroek, Oegstgeest
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
The affluent Mennonite Leeuw-Hooft family is portrayed here making music; even the youngest daughter, Suzanna, joins in holding her flute. They are performing a religious song, with both the notes and lyrics clearly legible. Singing and music held great importance in the practice of their faith. Together, they embody a harmonious family life. The interplay of the sitters’ hands underscores the bond uniting them.
