# Portrait of Aernout van Beeftingh, his Wife Jacoba Maria Boon and their Children

- By: Nicolaes Muys (Rotterdam, 1740–1808)
- Date: 1797
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 107 cm x width 84.4 cm
- Credit line: On loan from a private collector
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1586--7efc39ed200920ad5986da36126640f3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3bc19e6963c75a54ad98a38b95cc607c.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this informal family portrait, a mother nurses her baby, a very advanced image for the time. The father studies a print in his collection, while the eldest son puts a portfolio with drawings or prints away in the collector’s cabinet. Van Beeftingh’s son Jozua plays with a whip and toy horse, while toddler Pieter, in his high chair, eats a biscuit. Should he fall, he will be protected by his padded head covering.