Family portrait of jacob jordaens with his parents and eight of his brothers and sisters (wrongly titled as a family portrait of rubens); the family sitting at a round table with a basket of bread, the young painter seated at left with a lute on his lap, his father jacob jordaens senior sitting behind the table, facing front and holding a glass, jordaens' mother barbara van wolschaten at right and holding a small child while another caresses it, two younger women sitting either side of her, a maidservent behind holding a platter of grapes, a boy (one of twins abraham and isaac) in foreground stroking a dog beside him, three of the painter's dead siblings floating above as cherubs; after jacob jordaens. C. 1845-1847
lithograph on chine collé. Date: between 1845 and 1847. Dimensions: Height: 291 mm (image); Width: 229 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jacques Jordaens. Collection: British Museum. Famille de Rubens (BM 1859,1008.105)
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