A family on a terrace

Details

RICHARD BRAKENBURGH (HAARLEM 1650-1702)
A family on a terrace
signed and dated 'R. Brakenburgh . 1691 .' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 x 22 3⁄8 in. (48.3 x 56.7 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, Holland.
M. van Gelder, Ukkel (according to a file in the RKD photo archive).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 7 November 1978, lot 13.
Private collection, East Sussex.
with Johnny van Haeften, London, where acquired in October 1994 by,
Private collection, United States, until sold,
[Property from a Midwest Collector]; Sotheby's, New York, 24 January 2002, lot 229, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Richard Brakenburgh was a pupil of Hendrik Mommers and painted comical genre scenes of merry-makers and drinking parties in the style of Adriaen van Ostade and Jan Steen. He explored the theme of family life in several compositions, including The Celebration of a Birth (Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich, inv. no. DPG621) and A Family Portrait (The Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga), as in the present canvas.

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