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Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in the Netherlands, 1500–1700 (Dutch: Kinderen op hun mooist: het kinderportret in de Nederlanden 1500-1700), was an exhibition held jointly by the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, over several months in 2000–2001.[1] It was the first exhibition with a particular focus on images of childhood from the early-modern Low Countries.[2]

The exhibition catalog included detailed discussions of 85 paintings from various collection holders, that together give an overview of four basic aspects of daily life in 17th-century portraits of children and families from the Low Countries: family values, educating children, children at play, and children's fashions.[3] The English translation of the catalogue was published in 2001.[4]

Since children's portraits are often quite popular, the exhibition was restricted by rules governing insurance and loans of popular pieces. The introduction to the catalog discusses and reproduces several paintings that could not be exhibited. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam however was able to loan 11 works for the exhibition. The catalog is organized loosely by time period, starting with the earliest works.

image Article Painter Date Collection Inventory number Catalog code
Filips de Schone als jongeling Master of the Legend of the Magdalen 1493 Huis Bergh 1
Little girl with a dead bird anonymous 1510s Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 4434 2
Three children of King Christian II of Denmark Jan Gossaert 1525 Royal Collection RCIN 405782 3
Portrait of a Young Scholar Jan van Scorel 1531 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 1797 (OK) 4
Adriaan van Santvoort and his Sons Guillaume and Adriaan Bernaert de Rijckere 1563 private collection 5
Anna van Hertsbeke and her Daughter Catharina and Son Jan Baptiste Bernaert de Rijckere 1563 private collection 6
Little Girl with a Basket of Cherries anonymous 1575 National Gallery NG6161 7
Portrait of a boy aged two Jacob Willemsz Delff 1581 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1907 8
Hilleke de Roy and 4 of her Orphans anonymous 1586 private collection 9
Six-year-old Girl holding a Cherry Jan Claesz. 1594 Rijksmuseum Twenthe 130 10
Portrait of Catharina van Warmondt Isaac van Swanenburg 1596 Museum Meermanno 16/31 11
Portrait of Hector van Bouricius Hans Hansz. de Clercq 1599 Fries Museum 1950-63 12
Double Portrait of a Brother and Sister Cornelis Ketel 1600 Museum Mayer van den Bergh 19 13
Five-year-old Boy holding a Pony Jan Claesz. 1609 Stichting Verzameling Semeijns de Vries van Doesburgh 14
Girl with Rattle Jan Claesz. 1609 Fries Museum 1962-81 15
A child with bird Peter Paul Rubens 1625 Gemäldegalerie GG763 16
Boy with Colf Stick anonymous 1615 Markiezenhof 3065 17
Portrait of a girl, known as 'The Little Princess' Paulus Moreelse 1623 Rijksmuseum SK-A-277 18
Quadruplets of Dordrecht anonymous 1621 Dordrechts Museum DM-986-639 19
Two Girls Paulus Moreelse 1622 Centraal Museum
Nederlands Kunstbezit (NK) 		10240 20
Girl – 1623 Paulus Moreelse 1623 National Gallery of Ireland NGI.263 21
Magdalena de Vos Cornelis de Vos 1623 private collection 22
Girl at a Virginal Cornelis de Vos 1624 private collection 23
Susanna de Vos Cornelis de Vos 1627 Städel 763 24
Portrait of Anthony Reyniers and His Family Cornelis de Vos 1631 Philadelphia Museum of Art W1902-1-22 25
Joannes de Ruyter (ca. 1627–1678) Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn 1632 private collection 26
Portrait of a Boy in Gray Jacob Adriaensz Backer 1634 Mauritshuis 747 27
Family Group as Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing Her Children – c.1635 Jan van Bijlert 1635 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans MO1500 28
Portrait of Jacob (1627), Elisabeth (1629–1678) and Cornelia Francken (1633) Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp 1635 Dordrechts Museum 29
Portrait of Willem Van Loon (later mayor of Amsterdam), aged 2 1/2 Dirck van Santvoort 1636 Museum Van Loon 30
Two children with a lamb Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp 1638 Wallraf-Richartz Museum 31
Family portrait with three cradles anonymous 1638 Stichting Verzameling Semeijns de Vries van Doesburgh 32
Portrait of a boy Willem van der Vliet 1638 Rijksmuseum SK-A-2577 33
Grandmother with Granddaughter – 1639 Jacob Adriaensz Backer 1638 private collection 34
Girl by a High Chair Govert Flinck 1640 Mauritshuis 676 35
A Girl as Flora – c. 1640 Govert Flinck 1640 Museum of Fine Arts of Nantes 36
Hieronymus and Frederik Adolf van Tuyll van Serooskerken – 1641 Gerard van Honthorst 1641 M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting 37
Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck 1641 Rijksmuseum SK-A-3064 38
Group of four children – 1641 Pieter Soutman 1641 private collection 39
Boy in White – c. 1641 Dirck van Santvoort 1641 private collection 40
Boy with a Spoon Bartholomeus van der Helst 1643 private collection 41
A Boy as Cupid – 1644 Bartholomeus van der Helst 1644 private collection 42
Martinus Alewijn (1634–84). Sun od Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman Dirck van Santvoort 1644 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1310 43
Clara Alewijn (1635–74). Daughter of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman Dirck van Santvoort 1644 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1311 44
Portrait of a Girl Pieter van Lint 1645 Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) 884 45
A child's deathbed portrait Bartholomeus van der Helst 1645 Nederlands Kunstbezit (NK) NK 2692 46
Four-year-old Girl with Cat and Fish Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp 1647 private collection 47
Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke Gerard ter Borch 1648s Rijksmuseum SK-A-1786 48
Michiel Pompe van Slingelandt (1643–1685) Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp 1649 Dordrechts Museum DM/953/373 49
Portrait of an 11-year-old Boy Jacob van Oost 1650 National Gallery NG1137 50
Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea Michaelina Wautier
Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert 		1650s Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Flemish Art Collection 		599 51
Girl as Shepherdess Jan Baptist Weenix 1650 musée de Picardie 52
Boy Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck 1650s private collection 53
Portrait of a Boy Jan Fyt
Erasmus Quellinus II 		1650s Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Flemish Art Collection 		407 54
Boy with a Top and Dog Jacob van Loo 1650s private collection 55
Portrait of Josina Copes-Schade van Westrum and Her Children – c. 1651 Theodoor van Thulden 1651 North Brabant Museum 9.740 56
Portrait of a boy with a billygoat Jan Albertsz Rotius 1652 Rijksmuseum SK-A-995 57
Willem van den Kerckhoven and his Family Johannes Mytens 1652 Haags Historisch Museum 58
Christina Lepper de Kempenaer and Her Children Jan Baptist Weenix 1653 private collection 59
Boy Sleeping in a High Chair Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck 1654 private collection 60
Portrait of Frederika, Edzard Jacob and Lambert Tjarda van Starkenborgh Jan de Stomme 1654 Groninger Museum 1940.0199 61
William III (1650–1702), prince of Orange, as a child Adriaen Hanneman 1654 Rijksmuseum SK-A-3889 62
Portrait of a Six-year-old Boy Jan de Bray 1654 Mauritshuis 808 63
Otto van der Waeyen in a Polish Costume Ferdinand Bol 1656 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 1071 (OK) 64
Portrait of a Boy holding a Basket of Fruit Jan de Bray 1658 Museum of Fine Arts 1992.475 65
Boy Training his Dog Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh 1661 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 66
Willem Woutersz Oorthoorn in a Goat-Cart Gerbrand van den Eeckhout 1662 private collection 67
the Goubau-Children: Alexander IV Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere, (1658–1712), Joannes V Cornelis Goubau, (1660–1702), and Maria-Aldegonda Goubau Justus van Egmont 1663 private collection 68
Margarita Trip as Minerva, Instructing her Sister Anna Maria Trip Ferdinand Bol 1663 Rijksmuseum SK-A-46 69
A Four-year-old Girl with a Pot of Carnations Jan Albertsz Rotius 1663 Art Gallery of Ontario 70
Family Portrait of Braems-Van der Laen with Christ Blessing the Children Jan de Bray 1663 Frans Hals Museum OS-I-36 71
Portrait of a Two-Year Old Boy Caesar van Everdingen 1664 Cannon Hall 72
Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress Caesar van Everdingen 1665 Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) 382 73
Portrait of a Boy Jan van Noordt 1665 Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon 74
Twins Johanna Vergouwen 1668 private collection 75
Portrait of a boy as a hunter Pieter Nason 1665 Villa Vauban 76
Flower garland with portrait of William III of Orange, aged 10 Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Jan Vermeer van Utrecht 		1666
1659 		Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Gallery Prince Willem V
Department of Paintings of the Louvre 		A 85 77
Two Angels Bearing a Dead Infant up to Heaven – c. 1675 Nicolaes Maes 1675 private collection 78
Group Portrait as Mirror of Virtue Nicolaes Maes 1670s private collection 79
Allegorical Portrait of Anthony de Bordes and His Son Anthony Adriaen Backer 1673 Amsterdam Museum SB 6404 80
Three Children in a Landscape – 1677 Nicolaes Maes 1677 Slot Zuylen S 43 81
Group portrait with allegorical overtones of the children of Diederic Pietersz van Leyden (van Leeuwen; 1628–82), burgomaster of Leiden, and Alida Paets (1625–73) Daniel Mijtens the Younger 1679 Rijksmuseum SK-A-4222 82
George de Vicq as Ganymede – 1681 – Fogg Art Museum Nicolaes Maes 1681 Fogg Museum 1993.25 83
Deathbed portrait of a child, probably Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg (1680–1682) Jan Thopas 1682 Mauritshuis 84
Cunera Oltshoorn Adriaen van der Werff 1683 Museum Rotterdam 85

References

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  1. ^ Lauran Toorians (2000). "Kinderen op hun mooist". Ons Erfdeel. 43. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. ^ Jan Van Hove (22 January 2001). "Museum van Antwerpen pakt uit met kinderportretten". De Standaard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Pride and joy: children's portraits in the Netherlands, 1500–1700 Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine on codart (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Philippe Marchand (2002). "Pride and Joy: Children's portraits in the Netherlands (1500-1700)". Histoire de l'éducation (93). Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
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