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A drawing of the mother and the two children and a woman resembling Lais of Corinth can be seen in the Albertina in Vienna. [14] The portrait seemed to have influenced the works of Hans Asper who, in a portrait of a woman in 1538, has transformed the two children into a cat and a dog. [15] There exist several paintings inspired by the portrait.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Portrait of a Family or the Brunswick Family Portrait is a 1668 oil on canvas painting by Rembrandt, ...
Portrait photography is a popular commercial industry all over the world. Many people enjoy having professionally made family portraits to hang in their homes, or special portraits to commemorate certain events, such as graduations or weddings. Since the dawn of photography, people have made portraits.
The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and private persons, or they may be inspired by admiration or affection for the subject. Portraits often serve as important state and family records, as well as remembrances.
There are many known portraits of Charles Darwin. Darwin came from a wealthy family and became a well-known naturalist and author, and portraits were made of him in childhood, adulthood and old age. Darwin's life (1809–1882) spanned the development of photography , and early portraits of Darwin are drawn or painted, while many later portraits ...
Group Portrait of an Unknown Family or Company (1658–1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. It is part of the collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote: 321. FAMILY IN THE COURTYARD OF A HOUSE. De G. 87. [1]
It has been speculated that the painting depicts the family's celebration of Jordaens' admission as a master to the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1615. The painting is full of symbols of family harmony and bliss. Music represented by the lute is an embodiment of harmony and in the context of a family portrait it references a harmonious marriage.
The Kinetic Family Drawing, developed in 1970 by Burns and Kaufman, requires the test-taker to draw a picture of his or her entire family. Children are asked to draw a picture of their family, including themselves, "doing something." This picture is meant to elicit the child's attitudes toward his or her family and the overall family dynamics.