The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory

The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory is an early 19th-century painting by German artist Eduard Gaertner.

The painting depicts a conservancy owned by Christian Carl Westphal [de] and his family.

A wealthy Berlin merchant known for his love of horticulture, Westphal was also Gaertner's landlord.

[3] The sitters in the painting are Emilie Eleonore Dorothee Schultze, Westphal's second wife, and the couple's three children.

[3] This Metropolitan Museum of Art article is a stub.