ARTHI 111C Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gerbrand Van Den Eeckhout, Pieter De Hooch, Jacob Cats
Document Summary
Emanuel de witte, portrait of a family, 1678. Grapes = chastity (jacob cats) holding grapes by stem is emblematic of chastity. Pieter de hooch, family in a courtyard, 1658. Grapes being held by grandma at her son. Gerbrand van den eeckhout, magnanimity of scipio, 1658. History portrait about the roman commander scipio. Artist himself is in the painting as a soldier in the background. Typological portrait historie symbolic equivalent = typological. Larger overall social theme coda: really about family values and how the family was willing to do anything to get.
