Les jeunes piaillent comme chantent les vieux

Jordaens, Jacob, the elder (1593-1678)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
17th century
Height:
154.0 cm  (60 5/8 in.)
Width:
209.0 cm  (82 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

As the Old Sing, So the Young Pipe

    Item location

  • Musée du Louvre
    [Museum inv. no.: 1407]

Description

A group of people is seated around a table. Two young boys play recorder, and a young man plays a bagpipe. An older man and two older women, one of which is holding up an open book of music or lyrics, are singing.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Recorder [4039]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2643