# Self-Portrait among Parents, Brothers and Sisters [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [JORDAENS, Jacob]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 175 x 138 cm ## Commentary Self-Portrait among Parents, Brothers and Sisters c. 1615 Oil on canvas, 175 x 138 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Depicted in this painting are the artist's father Jacob Jordaens the Elder, a merchant in canvases, together with his wife Barbara van Wolshaten; the artist himself, with a lute in his hands; and his seven brothers and sisters. In the foreground are the twins Abraham and Isaac; Elizabeth is seated on the knees of her mother; to the left of her is Maria, and to the right, cut off by the edge of the canvas, there is Catherine. The girl looking up is Anna, and next to her, in the very centre, to the left of the head of the family is Magdalena. This is an early painting of the artist, its datation is possible from the knowledge of the ages of the family members. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of Fertility]() - [Allegory of Fertility]() - [Allegory of Fertility]() - [An Apostle]() - [Apostles Paul and Barnabas in Lystra]() - [As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes \(detail\)]() - [As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Bearded Man Stepping Down]() - [Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple]() - [Cleopatra's Feast]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()