Portrait of the De Moucheron Family

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There exists a type of painting in the 16th Century representing a bourgeois family sitting at table. These family portraits depict prosperous families whose members, belonging to various generations, are ranged around a covered table. Contemporary family portraits by Cornelis de Zeeuw and Maerten van Heemskerck are good examples of this genre.

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About the Artist

Cornelis de Zeeuw

Flemish painter. He is mentioned in the archives of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as 'Cornelis Jacops de Zeeu' in 1558. He was a portrait painter, active in Antwerp and in the first half of the 1560s in England.

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