CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM | NUMEROUS CHILDREN AND A DOG IN A LANDSCAPE

This painting belongs to a small genre series of works executed by Cornelis van Haarlem circa 1636-1637 (see van Thiel 1999, cat. nos. 227-231). The series is consistent in its basic compositional outline, with a group of children huddled closely together and with a sparse landscape in the background. The focus of the children is what differs in each instance, in this case the subject of attention being a dog. In the other examples, the children play games, specifically dice or marbles.