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The daughters of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart.
Painter: Meyer, Jan van
Oil painting on canvas, depicting the four daughters of Sir Matthew Decker. A curtain is pulled aside, revealing Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and Henrietta Maria, each dressed in fine clothes. They are either holding or gesturing towards a treasured possession, these being a china doll, a silver lattice work basket piled high with fruit, a bouquet of cultivated roses, and a lapdog. These objects are resting on a carved plinth, depicting children gathered around what may be a goat.
History note: Presumably coll. Sir Matthew Decker, Bart., his maternal grandfather (d. 1749)
Height: 77.5 cm
Width: 66.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1718
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canvas
Frame
Weight 9.5 kg
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 437
Primary reference Number: 1659
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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