A Man Caressing the Young Hostess

Art Institute of Chicago

A Man Caressing the Young Hostess

Cornelis Pietersz BegaLinkedCulture matchlcp-4fc0f0609745

Date
1660/64
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
Netherlands
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
23829

From the Art Institute of Chicago record

Cornelis Pietersz Bega’s talents were wide-ranging—from painting and drawing to etching—and genre scenes of everyday Dutch life were his principal subjects. In this etching, Bega depicted an interaction between lecherous drunkards and a young tavern hostess. On the makeshift barrel table are a bottle of alcohol and coals for the pipe. The ace of spades, one of the three playing cards scattered on the ground, symbolizes death, suggesting the work’s moralizing message.

View at Art Institute of Chicago ↗

The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.

Get printable QR codes

Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.

Open this page QR destination: https://linkedculture.org/q/q1.4o6oe30qhhiam40w.RGZH-dGZkgLVWdLbj1fJ4T--DaZ_6KNlv-iz5ePQwQaazCam2YTt9nfOuZydKWRxZU31a2xrlfCK3_zhI8Ca5zbeKP1XEBSFG-CbYoQiIG17Tbvh39eCmfX_IccKPB9Du9w4OrOA0Dse6Xru-5asM2KLKQnVodqtzs7KczVrws_4Lf3u6A-a_wd_Ax6wbYzsdvVw7MbYmaPApl8SAx3kwpWOjU0lzGgWzh_ePEPBLu-7njpd6j-ioKtSB9iyx0r6OInv83lokJLuoDfqSCIP0MGSSee at Art Institute of Chicago QR destination: https://linkedculture.org/q/q1.G6W-EROXh1El0ESf.YA8jTnPkjGjqyTspjSbMlFpmhxy3uY1YdD76KZX8i9UhynpE_vit5vk1G8TPvWhqMIOpLyhamw3mceeJ3IKe6kccZOwmPvmeyg9YXKhqQRFhv6fuW1c3yCy7Uqb-P2hKEUnvdaB_CSF_OJDQVidmZT0IlgunGsF3t7N_9i9zeI1d4Bn5cwsEhrWeVzHmxenohJiH8vveQ1lF84mXdJVroEmX3NQ22sqHyvWVaK2y4y0zLSnNEFyGrg-JJva3wh7L_2djdkj7szaPDdLidv1Bqw
Open this page
See at Art Institute of Chicago

Provenance & credit

As published by the source institution. Coverage varies — not every institution's open-data feed includes ownership history.

Credit line
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Linked open data

Authority identifiers that link this record into the wider web of cultural data — stable references you can follow to the source.

Object type
AAT300041273

Related across collections

Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.

The Young Innkeeper

The Young Innkeeper

Art Institute of Chicago

#108940

A Young Man Caressing the Young Hostess

A Young Man Caressing the Young Hostess

Art Institute of Chicago

#66

The Amorous Couple

The Amorous Couple

Minneapolis Institute of Art

#115684

Mannen en jonge vrouw in herberg

Mannen en jonge vrouw in herberg

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-BI-779

Tavern-Goers Playing Backgammon and Merrymaking

Tavern-Goers Playing Backgammon and Merrymaking

Getty Museum

#3be7927c-8050-4ee2-8a28-fed435cdd293

Buste van een jonge vrouw

Buste van een jonge vrouw

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-1879-A-3030

Drie drinkende mannen

Drie drinkende mannen

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-BI-774

Drie drinkende mannen

Drie drinkende mannen

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-1939-118

Hoofd van een lachende boer, en profil

Hoofd van een lachende boer, en profil

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-BI-748

Jonge vrouw zittend met een pijp

Jonge vrouw zittend met een pijp

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-1965-792

Jonge vrouw zittend met een pijp

Jonge vrouw zittend met een pijp

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-BI-753

Twee mannen en vrouw met kind zittend in herberg

Twee mannen en vrouw met kind zittend in herberg

Rijksmuseum

#RP-P-BI-776