Herman Mijnerts Doncker
Family Group

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Family Group
Date1644
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 73 7/8 × 99 1/8 in. (187.6 × 251.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1979.3
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Object Type
Provenance[Newhouse Galleries, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1979.

Exhibition History"Fashionable Portraits in Europe," Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, August 15, 2015–January 3, 2016.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower left below the dog: H. Doncker
Dated bottom left below the child: 1644

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