Jan de Bray, Banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (detail) 1652. Lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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Painting Family: The De Brays

Ian DeJardin sheds light on four exceptionally talented painters issuing from a single family: Salomon de Bray and his sons Jan, Joseph and Dick.

Jan de Bray

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The Governors of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke, 1675

Jan de Bray painted these figures from the Guild 'from life' and they are life size. When he made this group portrait he was a warden along with his brother Dirck, the only two remaining brothers after the plague.

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