# Two Children [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERKOLJE, Johannes I]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 47 x 39 cm ## Commentary Verkolje was a successful portrait and genre painter in Delft. The present intimate portrait, a characteristically fine work by the artist, depicts two children at an arched stone window, one holding a salver of fruit. The arched window or niche was a compositional device made popular by Gerrit Dou in the 1640s, which allowed the artist to define more clearly the space within the composition. This trompe l'oeil window also provided the artist with an opportunity to display his skills of illusionism. ## Related artworks - [An Elegant Couple with Musical Instruments in an Interior]() - [Dirck Evertsz van Bleyswijck at the Age of Thirty]() - [Elegant Company Making Music on a Terrace]() - [Elegant Company on a Terrace]() - [Portrait of Abraham van Bleyswijck Guilliaamszn]() - [Portrait of an Anatomist]() - [Portrait of Johan de la Faille]() - [Portrait of Johanna Anthonetta Blonk]() - [Portrait of Margaretha Delff, Wife of Johan de la Faille]() - [Portrait of Pieter van Asch]() - [The Messenger]() - [Venus and Adonis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()