Costumbres populares; pintura; van Dyck; juventud; Balbi; niños; retrato; National Gallery; siglo XVII - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:15:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Costumbres populares; pintura; van Dyck; juventud; Balbi; niños; retrato; National Gallery; siglo XVII - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Balbi Children https://historylab.es/the-balbi-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-balbi-children Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/los-ninos-balbi/ Portrait of the three young children of the Balbi family by van Dyck

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]]> Three handsome young men, portrayed by van Dyck, stand on the steps of an impressive building. They are known as “the Balbi children” because the painting was found in the collection of the wealthy Balbi family in Genoa. However, the identity of the youngsters is unknown. It has been suggested that they were members of the Franchi family because of the perched birds that appear on the Franchi’s coats. The children undoubtedly belong to a high-born family due to the gold and silver brocade clothing they are wearing, in comparison to Murillo’s popular scenes.

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