Abstract
A painting by the 17th-century Dutch painter Jan van Bijlert so far known as Portrait of an Unknown Family (National gallery, Prague), depicts a woman accompanied by her two daughters and a trumpeter who is blowing his trumpet. This group is shown by a table set outside the walls of an Italianate city. This unusual iconography is so far unexplained and its deciphering will be the purpose of this lecture. Trough comparisons with 17th-century Dutch representations of trumpeters and comparisons with representations of St. Frances of Rome (Santa Francesca Romana 1384-1440) in art, this paper will prove that this painting is actually a Portrait of a Widow as St. Frances of Rome and that this widow is offering nourishment to the poor. By that it will show that this is so far the only known depiction of this saint in 17th-century Dutch painting and a fresh addition to this rare subject in art.
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"St. Frances of Rome", " Saints in Art", " 17th-century Dutch Art", " The Dutch Golden Age", " Jan van Beijlert", " Portrait", " Portraiture", " Painting", " Baroque"
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