Het dronken paar
c. 1655 - c. 1665
- Medium
- oil paint (paint)
- Dimensions
- 52.5 × 64 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-108181
A man and woman are so drunk that they are unaware they are being robbed. Their foolishness is underscored by the print on the partition. It depicts an owl, considered a stupid creature in the 17th century. After all, it could not see by day, not even with a candle or eyeglasses. The drunken couple is thus just as blind as the owl, a message that survives in the English idiom ‘blind as a bat’.
Provenance
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Registry history
- c. 1655 - c. 1665 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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