Paintings
The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire
Painting
Details
- Author / creator
- Johann Zoffany (German, 1733–1810)
- Object type
- Painting
- Date or period
- c. 1772
- Dimensions summary
- Unframed: 101.5 × 127 cm; Framed: 124.5 × 149.9 × 7.6 cm
- Support
- Canvas
- Paint medium
- Oil
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Frederick Ashcombe, 2023
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
This type of picture, known as a conversation piece, was invented in England in the 1700s and popular for the informal way it represented families. A father and daughter, mother and son, are strategizing over the next hand in a game of cards. The family recently lost a loved one, so the parents are dressed in full mourning (black clothing), and the siblings in lesser mourning (mauve, white, and gray).
Materials and technique
Oil on canvas
