1690
oil
canvas
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Family portrait is a 1690 oil by Gillis van Tilborgh, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
This painting is a family portrait, featuring a group of people in a room. The room is decorated with a large painting on the wall and a harpsichord in the corner. The family members are dressed in 17th-century clothing, with the men wearing hats and the women wearing long dresses. The painting is done in oil paint and features a range of colors, including earth tones and pastels. The brushstrokes are visible, giving the painting a textured look. The overall effect is one of warmth and intimacy, as if the viewer is being invited into the family's home. The use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume, adds depth and dimension to the painting.
Gillis van Tilborgh or Gillis van Tilborch (c. 1625 – c. 1678) was a Flemish painter who worked in various genres including portraits, 'low-life' and elegant genre paintings and paintings of picture galleries. He became…
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