Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in the Netherlands, 1500–1700

Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in the Netherlands, 1500–1700 (Dutch: Kinderen op hun mooist: het kinderportret in de Nederlanden 1500-1700), was an exhibition held jointly by the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, over several months in 2000–2001. It was the first exhibition with a particular focus on images of childhood from the early-modern Low Countries. The exhibition catalog included detailed discussions of 85 paintings from various collection holders, that together give an overview of four basic aspects of daily life in 17th-century portraits of children and families from the Low Countries: family values, educating children, children at play, and children's fashions. The English translation of the catalogue was published in 2001. Since children's portraits are often quite popular, the exhibition was restricted by rules governing insurance and loans of popular pieces. The introduction to the catalog discusses and reproduces several paintings that could not be exhibited. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam however was able to loan 11 works for the exhibition. The catalog is organized loosely by time period, starting with the earliest works.

image	Article	Painter	Date	Collection	Inventory number	Catalog code
File:Meester van de Magdalenalegende - Filips de Schone als jongeling.jpg	Filips de Schone als jongeling	Master of the Legend of the Magdalen	1493	Huis Bergh		1
File:Little girl with dead bird mg 2968.jpg	Little girl with a dead bird	anonymous	1510s	Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium	4434	2
File:Three children of King Christian II of Denmark by Jan Gossaert (1526).jpg	Three children of King Christian II of Denmark	Jan Gossaert	1525	Royal Collection	RCIN 405782	3
File:Jan van Scorel - Portrait of a Young Scholar - Google Art Project.jpg	Portrait of a Young Scholar	Jan van Scorel	1531	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen	1797 (OK)	4
File:Bernaert de Rijckere - Adriaan van Santvoort and his Sons Guillaume and Adriaan.jpg	Adriaan van Santvoort and his Sons Guillaume and Adriaan	Bernaert de Rijckere	1563	private collection		5
File:Bernaert de Rijckere - Anna van Hertsbeke and her Daughter Catharina and Son Jan Baptiste.jpg	Anna van Hertsbeke and her Daughter Catharina and Son Jan Baptiste	Bernaert de Rijckere	1563	private collection		6
File:Little Girl with a Basket of Cherries.jpg	Little Girl with a Basket of Cherries	anonymous	1575	National Gallery	NG6161	7
File:Jacob Willemsz. Delff (I) 001.jpg	Portrait of a boy aged two	Jacob Willemsz Delff	1581	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-1907	8
File:Unknown painter - Hilleke de Roy and 4 of her Orphans.jpg	Hilleke de Roy and 4 of her Orphans	anonymous	1586	private collection		9
File:Jan Claesz - Six-year-old Girl holding a Cherry - Rijksmuseum Twenthe.jpg	Six-year-old Girl holding a Cherry	Jan Claesz.	1594	Rijksmuseum Twenthe	130	10
File:Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg - Portrait of Catharina van Warmondt - 1596.jpg	Portrait of Catharina van Warmondt	Isaac van Swanenburg	1596	Museum Meermanno	16/31	11
File:Hans de Clercq (attr) Portrait of Hector van Bouricius.jpg	Portrait of Hector van Bouricius	Hans Hansz. de Clercq	1599	Fries Museum	1950-63	12
File:Cornelis Ketel - Double Portrait of a Brother and Sister - WGA12153.jpg	Double Portrait of a Brother and Sister	Cornelis Ketel	1600	Museum Mayer van den Bergh	19	13
File:Jan Claesz - Five-year-old Boy holding a Pony - 1609.jpg	Five-year-old Boy holding a Pony	Jan Claesz.	1609	Stichting Verzameling Semeijns de Vries van Doesburgh		14
File:Jan Claesz - Girl with Rattle - 1609.jpg	Girl with Rattle	Jan Claesz.	1609	Fries Museum	1962-81	15
File:Rubens, Peter Paul - A child with bird - c. 1616.jpg	A child with bird	Peter Paul Rubens	1625	Gemäldegalerie	GG763	16
File:Unknown painter - Boy with Colf Stick - Gemeentemuseum Het Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom.jpg	Boy with Colf Stick	anonymous	1615	Markiezenhof	3065	17
File:Portret van een meisje, bekend als 'Het prinsesje' Rijksmuseum SK-A-277.jpeg	Portrait of a girl, known as 'The Little Princess'	Paulus Moreelse	1623	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-277	18
File:Dordtse Vierling DM-986-639.jpg	Quadruplets of Dordrecht	anonymous	1621	Dordrechts Museum	DM-986-639	19
File:Paulus Moreelse - Two Girls.jpg	Two Girls	Paulus Moreelse	1622	Centraal Museum Nederlands Kunstbezit (NK)	10240	20
File:Paulus Moreelse - Girl - 1623.jpg	Girl – 1623	Paulus Moreelse	1623	National Gallery of Ireland	NGI.263	21
File:Cornelis de Vos - Magdalena de Vos.jpg	Magdalena de Vos	Cornelis de Vos	1623	private collection		22
File:Cornelis de Vos Girl at a Virginal.jpg	Girl at a Virginal	Cornelis de Vos	1624	private collection		23
File:Cornelis de Vos - Portrait of Susanna de Vos.jpg	Susanna de Vos	Cornelis de Vos	1627	Städel	763	24
File:Cornelis de Vos - Portrait of Anthony Reyniers and His Family.jpg	Portrait of Anthony Reyniers and His Family	Cornelis de Vos	1631	Philadelphia Museum of Art	W1902-1-22	25
File:Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn - Portrait of Joannes de Ruyter - 1632.jpg	Joannes de Ruyter (ca. 1627–1678)	Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn	1632	private collection		26
File:Jacob Adriaensz. Backer 003.jpg	Portrait of a Boy in Gray	Jacob Adriaensz Backer	1634	Mauritshuis	747	27
File:Jan van Bijlert - Family Group as Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing Her Children - c.1635.jpg	Family Group as Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing Her Children – c.1635	Jan van Bijlert	1635	Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans	MO1500	28
File:Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp 002.jpg	Portrait of Jacob (1627), Elisabeth (1629–1678) and Cornelia Francken (1633)	Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp	1635	Dordrechts Museum		29
File:Dirck Santvoort - Willem Van Loon.JPG	Portrait of Willem Van Loon (later mayor of Amsterdam), aged 2 1/2	Dirck van Santvoort	1636	Museum Van Loon		30
File:Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz. - .jpg	Two children with a lamb	Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp	1638	Wallraf-Richartz Museum		31
File:Family portrait with three cradles - Stichting Verzameling Semeijns de Vries van Doesburgh.jpg	Family portrait with three cradles	anonymous	1638	Stichting Verzameling Semeijns de Vries van Doesburgh		32
File:Portrait of a little boy, by Willem van der Vliet.jpg	Portrait of a boy	Willem van der Vliet	1638	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-2577	33
File:Jacob Adriaensz Backer - Grandmother with Granddaughter - 1639.jpg	Grandmother with Granddaughter – 1639	Jacob Adriaensz Backer	1638	private collection		34
File:Govert Flinck 010.jpg	Girl by a High Chair	Govert Flinck	1640	Mauritshuis	676	35
File:Govert Flinck - A Girl as Flora - c. 1640.jpg	A Girl as Flora – c. 1640	Govert Flinck	1640	Museum of Fine Arts of Nantes		36
File:Gerard van Honthorst - Hieronymus and Frederik Adolf van Tuyll van Serooskerken - 1641.jpg	Hieronymus and Frederik Adolf van Tuyll van Serooskerken – 1641	Gerard van Honthorst	1641	M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting		37
File:Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck - Portret van een meisje in het blauw - Google Art Project.jpg	Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue	Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck	1641	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-3064	38
File:Pieter Soutman - Group of four children - 1641.jpg	Group of four children – 1641	Pieter Soutman	1641	private collection		39
File:Dirck Dircksz Santvoort - Boy in White - c. 1641.jpg	Boy in White – c. 1641	Dirck van Santvoort	1641	private collection		40
File:Bartholomeus van der Helst - Boy with a Spoon.jpg	Boy with a Spoon	Bartholomeus van der Helst	1643	private collection		41
File:Bartholomeus van der Helst - A Boy as Cupid - 1644.jpg	A Boy as Cupid – 1644	Bartholomeus van der Helst	1644	private collection		42
File:Martinus Alewijn (1634-84). Zoon van Abraham Alewijn en Geertruid Hooftman Rijksmuseum SK-A-1310.jpeg	Martinus Alewijn (1634–84). Sun od Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman	Dirck van Santvoort	1644	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-1310	43
File:Clara Alewijn (1635-74). Dochter van Abraham Alewijn en Geertruid Hooftman Rijksmuseum SK-A-1311.jpeg	Clara Alewijn (1635–74). Daughter of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman	Dirck van Santvoort	1644	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-1311	44
File:Pieter van Lint - Portrait of a Child.jpg	Portrait of a Girl	Pieter van Lint	1645	Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)	884	45
File:Helst Kind auf dem Sterbebett.jpg	A child's deathbed portrait	Bartholomeus van der Helst	1645	Nederlands Kunstbezit (NK)	NK 2692	46
File:Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp - 4 yr old Girl with Cat and Fish - 1647.jpg	Four-year-old Girl with Cat and Fish	Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp	1647	private collection		47
File:Helena van der Schalcke as a Child 1648 Gerard ter Borch II.jpg	Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke	Gerard ter Borch	1648s	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-1786	48
File:Michiel Pompe van Slingelandt (1643-1685), by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp.jpg	Michiel Pompe van Slingelandt (1643–1685)	Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp	1649	Dordrechts Museum	DM/953/373	49
File:Jacob van Oost (I) - Portrait of a Boy Aged Eleven.jpg	Portrait of an 11-year-old Boy	Jacob van Oost	1650	National Gallery	NG1137	50
File:Michaelina woutiers-santas ines y dorotea.jpg	Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea	Michaelina Wautier Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert	1650s	Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) Flemish Art Collection	599	51
File:Jan Baptist Weenix - Girl as Shepherdess c. 1650.jpg	Girl as Shepherdess	Jan Baptist Weenix	1650	musée de Picardie		52
File:Johannes Verspronck - Boy c. 1650-1654.jpg	Boy	Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck	1650s	private collection		53
File:Erasmus Quellinus II - Portret van een jongetje.JPG	Portrait of a Boy	Jan Fyt Erasmus Quellinus II	1650s	Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) Flemish Art Collection	407	54
File:Jacob van Loo - Boy with Top and Dog - c. 1650-1655.jpg	Boy with a Top and Dog	Jacob van Loo	1650s	private collection		55
File:Theodoor van Thulden - Portrait of Josina Copes-Schade van Westrum and Her Children - c. 1651.jpg	Portrait of Josina Copes-Schade van Westrum and Her Children – c. 1651	Theodoor van Thulden	1651	North Brabant Museum	9.740	56
File:Portret van een jongetje met een bok Rijksmuseum SK-A-995.jpeg	Portrait of a boy with a billygoat	Jan Albertsz Rotius	1652	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-995	57
File:Van den Kerckhoven door Jan Mijtens.jpg	Willem van den Kerckhoven and his Family	Johannes Mytens	1652	Haags Historisch Museum		58
File:Jan Baptist Weenix - Christina Lepper de Kempenaer and Her Children c. 1653.jpg	Christina Lepper de Kempenaer and Her Children	Jan Baptist Weenix	1653	private collection		59
File:Johannes Verspronck - Boy Sleeping in a High Chair - 1654.jpg	Boy Sleeping in a High Chair	Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck	1654	private collection		60
File:Jan Jansz de Stomme - Three Children from the Tjarda van Starckenborgh Family - 1654.jpg	Portrait of Frederika, Edzard Jacob and Lambert Tjarda van Starkenborgh	Jan de Stomme	1654	Groninger Museum	1940.0199	61
File:Willem III (1650-1702), prins van Oranje, als kind Rijksmuseum SK-A-3889.jpeg	William III (1650–1702), prince of Orange, as a child	Adriaen Hanneman	1654	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-3889	62
File:Jan de Bray - Portrait of a Six-year-old Boy.jpg	Portrait of a Six-year-old Boy	Jan de Bray	1654	Mauritshuis	808	63
File:"Otto van der Waeyen in a Polish costume" by Ferdinand Bol.jpg	Otto van der Waeyen in a Polish Costume	Ferdinand Bol	1656	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen	1071 (OK)	64
File:Jan de Bray - Portrait of a Boy holding a Basket of Fruit, 1658.jpg	Portrait of a Boy holding a Basket of Fruit	Jan de Bray	1658	Museum of Fine Arts	1992.475	65
File:Ludolf de Jongh - Boy teaching a Dog VMFA 63-54 v1 KW x-742x1024.jpg	Boy Training his Dog	Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh	1661	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts		66
File:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout - Willem Woutersz Oorthoorn in a Goat-Cart - 1662.jpg	Willem Woutersz Oorthoorn in a Goat-Cart	Gerbrand van den Eeckhout	1662	private collection		67
File:Justus van Egmont - Alexander, Jan-Cornelis and Maria-Aldegonda Goubau.jpg	the Goubau-Children: Alexander IV Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere, (1658–1712), Joannes V Cornelis Goubau, (1660–1702), and Maria-Aldegonda Goubau	Justus van Egmont	1663	private collection		68
File:Margarita Trip die als Minerva haar zuster Anna Maria Trip onderwijst Rijksmuseum SK-A-46.jpeg	Margarita Trip as Minerva, Instructing her Sister Anna Maria Trip	Ferdinand Bol	1663	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-46	69
File:Jan Albertsz Rotius - A Four-year-old Girl with a Pot of Carnations - 1663.jpg	A Four-year-old Girl with a Pot of Carnations	Jan Albertsz Rotius	1663	Art Gallery of Ontario		70
File:Jan de Bray - Christus zegent de kinderen familieportret Braems-Van der Laen - 1663.jpg	Family Portrait of Braems-Van der Laen with Christ Blessing the Children	Jan de Bray	1663	Frans Hals Museum	OS-I-36	71
File:Caesar van Everdingen - Portrait of a Two-Year-Old Boy - WGA07576.jpg	Portrait of a Two-Year Old Boy	Caesar van Everdingen	1664	Cannon Hall		72
File:Caesar van Everdingen - Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress - WGA07575.jpg	Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress	Caesar van Everdingen	1665	Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)	382	73
File:Jan van Noordt - Portrait of a Boy - 1665.jpg	Portrait of a Boy	Jan van Noordt	1665	Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon		74
File:Jeanne Vergouwen - two young boys dressed up as knights 1668.jpg	Twins	Johanna Vergouwen	1668	private collection		75
File:Portrait of a boy as a hunter, by Pieter Nason, c. 1665, oil on canvas - Villa Vauban - Luxembourg City - DSC06447.JPG	Portrait of a boy as a hunter	Pieter Nason	1665	Villa Vauban		76
File:Jan davids de heem-fleurs avec portrait guillaume III d'Orange.jpg	Flower garland with portrait of William III of Orange, aged 10	Jan Davidsz. de Heem Jan Vermeer van Utrecht	1666 1659	Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Gallery Prince Willem V Department of Paintings of the Louvre	A 85	77
File:Nicolaes Maes - Two Angels Bearing a Dead Infant up to Heaven - c. 1675.jpg	Two Angels Bearing a Dead Infant up to Heaven – c. 1675	Nicolaes Maes	1675	private collection		78
File:Nicolaes Maes - Group Portrait as Mirror of Virtue.jpg	Group Portrait as Mirror of Virtue	Nicolaes Maes	1670s	private collection		79
File:Allegorisch groepsportret, waarschijnlijk voorstellend Anthony de Bordes Sr. die zijn zoon Anthony toevertrouwt aan Minerva Amsterdam Museum SB 6404.jpg	Allegorical Portrait of Anthony de Bordes and His Son Anthony	Adriaen Backer	1673	Amsterdam Museum	SB 6404	80
File:Nicolaes Maes - Three Children in a Landscape - 1677.jpg	Three Children in a Landscape – 1677	Nicolaes Maes	1677	Slot Zuylen	S 43	81
File:Daniël Mijtens (II) - Allegoriserende portretgroep.jpg	Group portrait with allegorical overtones of the children of Diederic Pietersz van Leyden (van Leeuwen; 1628–82), burgomaster of Leiden, and Alida Paets (1625–73)	Daniel Mijtens the Younger	1679	Rijksmuseum	SK-A-4222	82
File:Nicolaes Maes - George de Vicq as Ganymede - 1681 - Fogg Art Museum.jpg	George de Vicq as Ganymede – 1681 – Fogg Art Museum	Nicolaes Maes	1681	Fogg Museum	1993.25	83
File:Johannes Thopas.jpg	Deathbed portrait of a child, probably Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg (1680–1682)	Jan Thopas	1682	Mauritshuis		84
File:Adriaen van der Werff - Cunera Oltshoorn - 1683.jpg	Cunera Oltshoorn	Adriaen van der Werff	1683	Museum Rotterdam		85