Portrait of Susanna Catharina van der Spelt-Pels and her Daughter
by BOONEN, Arnold, Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm
This double portrait represents Susanna Catharina van der Spelt (nee Pels) and her young daughter Johanna Maria van der Spelt. The fashionably dressed sitters were the daughter and granddaughter of a wealthy Amsterdam trader of French wine and salt, Jean Lucas Pels. The house and landscape in the background are typical of Boonen’s elegant style that merges with the pastoral.