Returned Family in a Moonlit Square 1637 - 1702

"Returned Family in a Moonlit Square," painted by Gerrit Lundens (1622-1686) between 1637 and 1702, depicts a family returning home at night. The scene is illuminated by a lantern, and the figures are shrouded in shadows. The composition is framed by a dark curtain, which suggests that the viewer is peering into the scene. The painting is housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst and measures 49 cm x 39 cm. This genre piece of Dutch Golden Age painting captures the intimacy and domesticity of life in the Netherlands during the 17th century.