The Patricides, ‘Each According to Their Own Nature’, David Bles, 1869

As the old sing, so pipe the young. Interior with the children of an officer playing soldiers. To the left a girl clasps herself to her father. A boy kneels behind a drum while aiming his rifle at his father. In the background a boy plays the bugle while touching a chandelier with his lance. Behind the mother a girl is riding a rocking horse. To the right a maid handles a bow and arrow. Object Type: painting. Date: 1869. Place of creation: The Hague (?). Dimensions: height: 49 cm (19.2 in); width: 67 cm (26.3 in). Medium: oil on oak wood. Collection: Rijksmuseum. David Bles 001