# Self-Portrait with Family Members [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOLENAER, Jan Miense]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 64 x 81 cm ## Commentary To suggest the continuity of this family through the ages, Molenaer included framed portraits of the deceased ancestors, thereby commenting also on the ability of painting to preserve the memory of persons. The clock and the short-lived bubbles blown by the youngest boy, although plausible elements in a family portrait, allude to the passing of time and life as well. The painting is on permanent loan to the Frans Halsmuseum in Haarlem. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 6 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/pachelbel\_canon.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [A Quack and His Assistant]() - [Allegory of Vanity \(detail\)]() - [Amorous Couple in an Inn]() - [Battle between Carnival and Lent]() - [Drinking Peasants]() - [Interior with a Violinist]() - [Interior with Children Drinking and Mischief-Making]() - [Painter in His Studio, Painting a Musical Company]() - [Peasant Wedding]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in the Tavern]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()