Festive Scene
ca. 1650
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 53.3 × 80.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-140200
Festive Scene conjures chimney smoke, bleating pipes, and boozy sweat. Revelers dance and drink in a dark tavern, where a spotted dog snoozes in spite of the racket. This is one of many humorous tavern interiors painted by the Dutch master Jan Miense Molenaer. (Westermann, “Jan Miense Molenaer in the Comic Mode,” in Weller, Jan Miense Molenaer: Painter of the Dutch Golden Age, 2002). The work was…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mabel Johnson Langhorne
Registry history
- ca. 1650 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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