# Portrait of the Artist's Parents [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRAY, Jan de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 80 x 65 cm ## Commentary Portrait of the Artist's Parents c. 1660 Oil on panel, 80 x 65 cm Private collection This unusual double portrait is a perfect profile representation of Jan de Bray's father, Salomon, who looks to the left and raises his hand in what seems to be a rhetorical gesture. Directly behind him and also in profile is his wife and Jan's mother, Anna Westerbaen. They married in 1625. Anna Westerbaen was the sister of the physician and poet Jacob Westerbaen and the Hague portraitist Jan Westerbaen. She died in the plague epidemic that ravaged Haarlem in 1663 and 1664; she was buried in the St Bavokerk on 3 March 1663. Salomon died a year later and was buried in the same grave as his wife. Salomon and Anna also feature in other painting by Jan de Bray such as the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bray/jan/family.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/bray/jan/family.html">The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra.</A> ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Allegorical Family Portrait]() - [Bacchus]() - [David Playing the Harp \(detail\)]() - [David Playing the Harp]() - [Haarlem Printer Abraham Casteleyn and His Wife Margarieta van Bancken \(detail\)]() - [Haarlem Printer Abraham Casteleyn and His Wife Margarieta van Bancken]() - [Haarlem Printer Abraham Casteleyn and His Wife Margarieta van Bancken]() - [Haarlem Printer Abraham Casteleyn and His Wife Margarieta van Bancken]() - [Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt]() - [Pharaoh's Daughter with Her Attendants and Moses in the Reed Basket]() - [Portrait of a Man Seated at a Table in his Study]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()