# The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

**Johann Zoffany** (German, 1733–1810)  
c. 1772  
oil on canvas  
Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Framed: 124.5 x 149.9 x 7.6 cm (49 x 59 x 3 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.122. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.122).

## About this work

This type of picture, known as a conversation piece, was invented in England in the 1700s and popular for the informal way it represented families. A father and daughter, mother and son, are strategizing over the next hand in a game of cards. The family recently lost a loved one, so the parents are dressed in full mourning (black clothing), and the siblings in lesser mourning (mauve, white, and gray).

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Johann Zoffany painted this in about 1772, aged about 38. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Johann Zoffany](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/johann-zoffany)

German, 1733–1810

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: England
- The artist was about 38
- Real size: about 40 × 50 in (102 × 127 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 20 × 30 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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