![Image: Jan de Bray and the Classical Tradition, March 13 - August 14, 2005](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090506023219im_/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/debray/images/debrayinfo.gif)
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![Image: Jan de Bray
Dutch, c. 1627 - 1688
Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra, 1669
oil on canvas
249 x 190 cm (98 1/16 x 74 13/16 in.)
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Museum Purchase, Currier Funds](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090506023219im_/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/debray/images/debrayinfo.jpg)
This focus exhibition spotlights works by one of the most important
portrait painters in Haarlem in the later half of the 17th
century,
Jan de Bray, whose career overlapped that of
Frans
Hals. De Bray not only painted compelling portraits of his
family and friends, but he also depicted Dutch citizens in
the guise of antique heroes. This exhibition brings together
works of both types and explores the relationship between them.
A particularly interesting juxtaposition will be a double portrait
of his parents,
Portrait
of the Artist's Parents, Salomon de Bray and Anna Westerbaen (c.
1660) and
Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra (1669), a large
banquet scene in which his parents assume the role of Anthony
and Cleopatra.
Sponsor: This exhibition was generously supported by Greg and Candy Fazakerley
Additional support was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation