Keywords: Herman Mijnert Donker - Two Boys in a Landscape - Walters 372502.jpg The body language of the older boy with his hand on hip is more assertive than that of the younger one surely his little brother It is a subtle sign of a social role indicating protection and authority Donker was a portraitist known for his outdoor family groups in which he sometimes collaborated with a landscape specialist This rugged landscape with its penetrating warm light suggests that of Italy and is probably the product of just such as collaboration between 1650 1655 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 41 51 1 accession number 37 2502 18445 Justice James A Murnaghan Dublin Ireland date and mode of acquisition unknown Dr Francis D Murnaghan Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Francis D Murnaghan Fund date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of the Dr Francis D Murnaghan Fund 1973 New Light on Old Pictures Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981-1982 place of origin Haarlem Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Herman Mijnert Donker Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |