Repas de famille

Steen, Jan (1626-1679)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

mid-17th century

Height:

82.0 cm  (32 5/16 in.)

Width:

68.5 cm  (27 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

This painting, from the artist's mature period, is an allusion to the five senses and the different ages of life.

Iconclass

41C4
(family) meal
31A3
the (five) senses
31D
human life and its ages (young, adult, old, etc.)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746] (being played)
Violoncello [3582] (hanging on a wall)
Drum [2585] (on the floor, with two beaters (sticks))

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2

Bibliographic references

Lallement, Nicole. "Inventaire des tableaux à sujets musicaux du musée du Louvre. V: Peintures hollandaise et flamandes des XVII et XVIII siècles.", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 6 (2004) 219, no. 37.

RIdIM record id

2570