As the old sing, so the young pipe

Jordaens, Jacob, the elder (1593-1678)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
17th century
Height:
16.5 cm  (6 1/2 in.)
Width:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Soo d'oude songen, soo pepen de Ionghen
Allegory on the bad example given by the elders to the young

    Item location

  • Galerie Jean-François Heim (Basel)Olim Arenberg Collection, Brussels, Belgium. As of 2017 it is in the stock of art dealer Jean-François Heim, in Basel.

Iconclass

86(SOO D'OUDE SONGEN, SOO PEPEN DE IONGHEN)
As the old sing, so the young pipe
48C7354
bagpipe, musette
48C73511
recorder (musical instrument)
48C754
instrumental and vocal music together

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Recorder [4039] (three children are each playing a recorder)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The Theme of Music in Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. II. München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977. Page 76, Cat.# 327, Plate # LXXIV.

Notes

Title is from a Flemish proverb. Other forms of title: As the old ones sing, so also the young ones pipe ; As the old cock crows, the young one learns.

RIdIM record id

879