Rijksmuseum

Het vrolijke huisgezin

Date

1668

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The entire family is in high spirits, creating a ruckus: father, mother, and grandmother sing loudly, the children join in, and they even puff on long pipes. The note on the mantelpiece hints that there is a lesson to be learned from this painting: ‘As the old sing, so shall the young twitter.’ What is to become of the children if their parents set the wrong example?

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