Bordeelscène

Mieris, Frans van (1635-1681)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1658
Height:
42.0 cm  (16 9/16 in.)
Width:
33.0 cm  (13 in.)
signed low, center: F. van Mieris 1658
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
Place of creation:
Leiden
School:
Leiden Fine Painters

Additional titles

Brothel scene

    Item location

  • Mauritshuis
    [Museum inv. no.: 860]

Description

A young woman pours wine into a man’s glass. Laughing merrily, he holds up his glass, at the same time tugging on her apron to pull her closer. Bedclothes hanging over the balustrade characterize this scene as a brothel. A lute is hanging on the wall at the left.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Mauritshuis. Illustrated general catalogue (Amsterdam: Den Haag, 1993) 96, nr. 860.

RIdIM record id

3004