Merry company

Ochtervelt, Jacob (1634-1682)

Mieris, Frans van (1635-1681) (after a work of)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1665

Height:

52.2 cm  (20 9/16 in.)

Width:

42.0 cm  (16 9/16 in.)

frame size: h. 69.5 cm x 59.5 cm

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Holland (Nederland)

Additional titles

Description

There are three people in the image, which takes place in a tavern. A man is playing a violin, seated, and gazing up at a woman. The woman is standing, slightly bent down, with a glass in her hand and looking back at him. A second woman is standing holding a pitcher, facing the other two. A cittern is hanging on the wall.

Iconclass

46C52
hotel, hostelry, inn
48C7311
violin, fiddle
41C122
pouring

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Cittern [3106]

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

The museum states that "the source for this work has been identified as Inn Scene, 1658, by Frans van Mieris," which is cataloged in RIdIM as item 3004.

RIdIM record id

5244