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Group Portrait of Three Brothers
The youngest child wears a gold crucifix around his neck. This indicates that these boys are Catholic. The Latin inscription on the cartellino above the head of the infant Simon explains why he wears no clothes: he renounces all wealth. This may be a reference to Christ’s words that only the poor will inherit the kingdom
of heaven, but it could also mean that Simon’s pious parents wanted him to be…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/42G2221
- http://iconclass.org/42A4
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/42G2221
- http://iconclass.org/42A4
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1627 - c.1632
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- …; sale, Sir Horace Heyman et al. [section 'The Property of a Nobleman'], London (Christie’s), 12 October 1979, no. 114, £6,000;{Copy RKD.}...; anonymous sale [section 'Another Property'], London (Sotheby’s), 9 December 1987, no. 173, fl. 46,000, as Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort, through the mediation of the dealer R. Noortman, to the museum
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8883
- SK-A-4850
Extent
- height 121.5 cm
- width 88.4 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:52.973Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:10.933Z