Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in this way was highly unusual at the time. It may have been prompted by the sitters’ friendship with the painter and the occasion for the commission – their marriage in April 1622. The painting thus contains references to love and devotion, such as the garden of love at right, and at left an eryngium thistle, known in Dutch as 'mannentrouw’, or male fidelity.
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Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in this way was highly unusual at the time. It may have been prompted by the sitters’ friendship with the painter and the occasion for the commission – their marriage in April 1622. The painting thus contains references to love and devotion, such as the garden of love at right, and at left an eryngium thistle, known in Dutch as 'mannentrouw’, or male fidelity.
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Een vrolijk lachend stel, dat ...... e bijnaam ‘mannentrouw’ links.
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This happy, smiling pair sits ...... annentrouw’, or male fidelity.
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Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
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Portret van een stel, waarschijnlijk Isaac Abrahamsz Massa en Beatrix van der Laen
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c. 1622
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ca. 1622
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drager breedte 166,5 cm
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drager hoogte 140 cm
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support height 140 cm
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support width 166.5 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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eerste kwart 17e eeuw
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first quarter 17th century
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