The van der Graeff Family (Q18579141)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Dutch Golden Age painting (Q2352880)
genre:
portrait (Q134307)
artist:
Johannes Mytens (Q864403)
collection:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
owned by:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location of final assembly:
Netherlands (Q55)
depicts:
man (Q8441)
woman (Q467)
girl (Q3031)
dog (Q144)
tree (Q10884)
flower (Q506)
basket (Q201097)
shell (Q318028)
infant (Q998)
cloud (Q8074)
wing (Q161358)
laurel wreath (Q734844)
pearl (Q43436)
dress (Q200539)
shawl (Q3354532)
white people (Q235155)
Dutch (Q200569)
doublet (Q445972)
breeches (Q2302770)
shoe (Q22676)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/the-van-der-graeff-family/
information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog
description: This is an important group portrait by Jan Mijtens, who was known for his portraiture, and there are not many in collections in the US. This painting is an impressive, large example of his work, but it needs a little love. There is a good amount of abrasion of the paint and one can see that past repairs have tried to deal with the effects of this. Especially in the sky, the trees and the blue dress of the young girl one can see how old retouching has “gone bad”. What should not be visible is now much too visible! If you look at the woman’s face you see a particularly unfortunate retouching that has turned white over time, but should really be her skin tone. And overall there is the old story of the yellowed varnish that betrays the true colors of the painting. A light layer of dirt and grime on the surface is also not helping.
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