Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Family portrait by Troost and the depiction of children as small adults

Family portrait in an interior: a mother in a teal dress at a harpsichord, the father beside her, four children and a dog on a red carpet.

Troost, family portrait. The children have faces like grown-ups. It is not that nobody knew how to paint a child's face; a child was simply regarded as a small adult. A great deal has been written about this in the history of childhood

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