The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory explained

The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory
Artist:	Eduard Gaertner
Year:	1836
Material:	Oil on canvas
Height Metric:	23.8
Width Metric:	20
City:	New York City
Museum:	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession:	2007.70

The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory is an early 19th-century painting by German artist Eduard Gaertner. The painting depicts a conservancy owned by and his family. A wealthy Berlin merchant known for his love of horticulture, Westphal was also Gaertner's landlord. The small painting is one of only four interior scenes painted by Gaertner.^{[1] [2]} It was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007, and remains in the museum's collection.^[3]

The sitters in the painting are Emilie Eleonore Dorothee Schultze, Westphal's second wife, and the couple's three children.

Further reading

• Selection of Met acquisitions including the painting.
• Tweet by the Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding the painting.

Notes and References

1. Sabine Rewald in "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2006–2007." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 65 (Fall 2007), p. 40, ill. (color), comments that Mr. Westfal probably commissioned this picture; notes that this is one of only four interior scenes by Gaertner.
2. [Dominik Bartmann]
3. Web site: The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory. www.metmuseum.org. 2020-05-13.