La mauvaise compagnie

Steen, Jan (1626-1679)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1665

Height:

41.5 cm  (16 5/16 in.)

Width:

35.5 cm  (14 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

The theme of this painting—a drunken young man who has fallen asleep being robbed by prostitutes—is close to that of the Prodigal Son. It draws the unpalatable parallel between a dissolute life (gambling, sexual dissipation, tobacco) and the resulting misfortunes.

Iconclass

73C8643
the prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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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. 38.

RIdIM record id

2571