The Van Moerkerken Family

Artist: Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, 1617–1681)

Original Dimensions: 16 1/4" x 14"

Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

About Artwork: (ca. 1653–54) "In this portrait of his cousin Hartogh van Moerkerken with his wife, Sibylla, and their son, Ter Borch broke with convention by depicting the wife on the left—traditionally the superior, and male—side of the panel. The composition is asymmetrical, lopsided, and dynamic, and the young husband’s gesture of showing a pocket watch to his wife gives the portrait an element of storytelling. This emotionally convincing depiction of a nuclear family signals a break with the dynastic imagery of previous generations, although an older tradition persists in the three coats of arms clustered in the upper left-hand corner." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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