Franks Children with Bird
Franks Children with Bird
ArtistAttributed to
Gerardus Duyckinck I
(1695 - 1746)
Dateca. 1735
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions45 1/2 x 35 7/8 in. (115.6 x 91.1 cm)
Framed: 51 5/8 in. × 42 1/4 in. × 3 in.
Framed: 51 5/8 in. × 42 1/4 in. × 3 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.12
Accession number
2005.12
On View
On viewLabel TextThese portraits show three generations of a prominent German-Jewish family in New York City: Abigaill Levy Franks, her husband Jacob Franks, four of the couple’s nine children, and Abigaill’s father, Moses Raphael Levy. All of the figures wear fine clothing, indicating the family’s wealth. The ship in the background of Moses’s portrait signals his success as a merchant.
Life in the colonies presented opportunity but also cultural change that tested family bonds. Letters by Abigaill reveal she worried her children might lose their sense of Jewish identity.
Estos retratos muestran tres generaciones de una importante familia judeoalemana en la Ciudad de Nueva York: Abigaill Levy Franks, su esposo Jacob Franks, cuatro de los nueve hijos de la pareja, y el padre de Abigaill, Moses Raphael Levy. Todas las figuras visten lujosas ropas, lo que destaca la riqueza de la familia. El barco al fondo del retrato de Moses simboliza su éxito como comerciante.
La vida en las colonias presentaba una oportunidad, pero el cambio cultural puso a prueba los lazos familiares. Las cartas de Abigaill revelan su preocupación por que sus hijos perdieran su identidad judía.
Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld
1931
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