Group Portrait (Jordaens)

Group Portrait is a c. 1650, titled Allegorical Family Portrait by the Hermitage Museum, is an oil on canvas painting by the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678).

It entered the collection of the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia in 1774.

This allegorical group portrait is of betrothal or marriage scene with Cupid, the god of love, pointing an arrow at the chest of the young woman in the center.

[1] It shows four figures symbolising married love.

To the right a young woman runs another floral crown down her arm.

Allegorical Family Portrait (c. 1650) by Jacob Jordaens
Allegorical Family Portrait (c. 1650) by Jacob Jordaens. Oil on canvas. 178,4x152,3 cm. Hermitage Museum. Inventory Number: ГЭ-485.