Jan Havicksz. Steen, Het vrolijke huisgezin
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest) · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Jan Havicksz. Steen

Het vrolijke huisgezin

1668

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
canvas
Dimensions
110.5 × 141 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-104758

The entire family is in high spirits, creating a ruckus: father, mother, and grandmother sing loudly, the children join in, and they even puff on long pipes. The note on the mantelpiece hints that there is a lesson to be learned from this painting: ‘As the old sing, so shall the young twitter.’ What is to become of the children if their parents set the wrong example?

Provenance

On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

Registry history

  • 1668 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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