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The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

c. 1772

Johann Zoffany

(German, 1733–1810)
Culture
England
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Framed: 124.5 x 149.9 x 7.6 cm (49 x 59 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2023.122
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Location
203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
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This is an idealized, not actual, room showing the sitters’ fashionable interior decorating aspirations.

Description

This type of picture, known as a conversation piece, was invented in England in the 1700s and popular for the informal way it represented families. A father and daughter, mother and son, are strategizing over the next hand in a game of cards. The family recently lost a loved one, so the parents are dressed in full mourning (black clothing), and the siblings in lesser mourning (mauve, white, and gray).
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts four people with light skin tones in a teal room with framed art and a patterned rug. On our left, a woman in a pink gown sits at a green table holding cards. Beside her, a man in a dark coat faces toward our left. Toward our right, a man in a gray coat holds cards. On the far right, a woman in black reads beside a glowing fireplace.

The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

c. 1772

Johann Zoffany

(German, 1733–1810)
England

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