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DiaporamaAllegorizing Group Portrait of the Children of Diederic Pietersz van Leyden van Leeuwen, Burgomaster of Leiden, and Alida Paets, Daniël Mijtens (II), 1679
1679
178.0 x 156.0 cm
daniel i mijtens (1590 – 1648)
Discover Daniel Mijtens: Dutch Golden Age portraitist who painted English royalty & nobility. Explore his naturalistic style & legacy in court portraits.
Allegorizing portrait group of the children of Diederic Pietersz van Leyden (van Leeuwen), mayor of Leiden, and Alida Paets. Portraited in a garden near a classic temple by age: Theodora Catharina (b. 1661) with a snake and a globe, Bernardina (c. 1662-1716) with a shield, helmet, spear and golden curas, Suzanna (1664-1712) with a sword above a fire, Adriaan Willem (1667-88) all left in Roman costume, Pieter (b. 1666) and Louis (1668-97) in the foreground with a book and an oil lamp, François Adriaan (1669-1726) with a sandloper and Philippina, as a child deceased, in the air as putto with a palm branch and wreath. Right in the foreground, gooseberries, pumpkins or melons grow.
About this artwork
- Title: Allegorizing Group Portrait of the Children of Diederic Pietersz van Leyden van Leeuwen, Burgomaster of Leiden, and Alida Paets, Daniël Mijtens (II), 1679
- Artist: daniel i mijtens
- Year: 1679
- Original dimensions: 178.0 x 156.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Espresso
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia
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