Cornelis Dusart, The Drunken Couple
Williams Collection, 1943.560 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Cornelis Dusart

The Drunken Couple

1685

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
etching
Dimensions
13.1 × 10.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-211661

Images of intoxicated individuals were intended to be humorous, but they also had serious undertones. Moralizing texts and preachers described drinking as sinful, immoral, and a threat to social norms. Accordingly, a drunk woman, as seen here, compromised the well-being of the home, which was thought to have an impact on society as a whole.

Provenance

Williams Collection, 1943.560

Registry history

  • 1685 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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