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Henri Joseph Bernard Nieuwenhuysen (1756-1817)
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Henri Joseph Bernard Nieuwenhuysen (1756-1817)
A group portrait of Anna Elisabeth Moons, née Peeters, with her four children, small full lengths by a table in an interior: Anna Elisabeth, aged 69, seated, wearing a purple dress, brown wrap and white bonnet; her daughter, Maria Theresia Moons, aged 30, standing, wearing a white dress and black bonnet, holding a tray with a carafe and glasses; her sister, Anna Elisabeth Ligny, née Moons, aged 35, seated, wearing a light blue dress and black bonnet, serving coffee; her brother, Petrus Josephus Moons, aged 27, standing, wearing a green jacket and brown trousers; a second brother, Johannes Jacobus Josephus Moons, aged 32, seated, wearing ecclesiastical robes and holding a document, the portrait of the deceased husband and father Jacobus Moons ( 1790) on the wall behind
signed with initials, inscribed with the names of the sitters and dated on the document H:I:B: VDN: pinxit 1808, inscribed with the coat-of-arms of the Moons and Peeters families above the doorway, oil on canvas
85.5 x 103 cm
A group portrait of Anna Elisabeth Moons, née Peeters, with her four children, small full lengths by a table in an interior: Anna Elisabeth, aged 69, seated, wearing a purple dress, brown wrap and white bonnet; her daughter, Maria Theresia Moons, aged 30, standing, wearing a white dress and black bonnet, holding a tray with a carafe and glasses; her sister, Anna Elisabeth Ligny, née Moons, aged 35, seated, wearing a light blue dress and black bonnet, serving coffee; her brother, Petrus Josephus Moons, aged 27, standing, wearing a green jacket and brown trousers; a second brother, Johannes Jacobus Josephus Moons, aged 32, seated, wearing ecclesiastical robes and holding a document, the portrait of the deceased husband and father Jacobus Moons ( 1790) on the wall behind
signed with initials, inscribed with the names of the sitters and dated on the document H:I:B: VDN: pinxit 1808, inscribed with the coat-of-arms of the Moons and Peeters families above the doorway, oil on canvas
85.5 x 103 cm