Three Children with Ewer

JACOB DE WITT (1785-1859)
after bas-reliefs by FRANÇOIS DU QUESNOY (1597-1643)
First half of the 18^th century
oil on canvas
This picture and its companion piece Three Children Eating Grapes recall the works of 18^th-century artists who made childhood a central subject. Another theme equally popular among decorators was the bacchanales, the festivities held in antiquity in honour of Bacchus, god of wine.

inv. PE 176