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- Title:
Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia
- Former Title(s):
Portrait of two children, probably Maria Joanna Sophia and Jacobus Nollekens
Two Children of the Nollekens Family, probably Jacobus and Maria Joanna Sophia, Playing with a Top and Playing Cards
- Date:
- 1745
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 14 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (35.9 x 31.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.490
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.490FR
- Subject Terms:
- art | bonnet | boy | brother | cards | child | children | daughter | drums (membranophones) | family | games | genre subject | girl | hat | leisure | painting (visual work) | pointing | portrait | sister | son | spinning | toy
- Associated People:
- Nollekens, Jacobus
Nollekens, Maria Joanna Sophia - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:974
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