Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel

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Abraham van den Tempel was renowned as a portraitist for his skillful treatment of elegant fabrics, as seen here in the costumes of the man and young boy, who is dressed in antique military fashion. The small hand holding a bunch of grapes at the lower left edge indicates that this canvas is a fragment of a larger composition, likely a full family portrait with another child and presumably the children's mother, although the rest of the portrait has not yet been identified. The putto at upper right, though overpainted, likely represents another child who had died in infancy.