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Large oil group portrait of a family with children, two dogs, and dark-clad adults in a stone garden with cypress trees.

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and His Family

A large group portrait shows a family of adults and children in a stone-walled garden with cypress trees behind them. Two greyhound-like dogs stand at the left among men in dark cloaks and white collars, while a woman holds a bouquet and small children gather at the lower right.

Artist
Juriaen Jacobsz.
Date
1662
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2689 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1662.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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