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Het dronken paar
Creator
Jan Steenpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1626–1679) · 1626–1679
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- c. 1655 - c. 1665
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- SK-C-232
From the Rijksmuseum record
A man and woman are so drunk that they are unaware they are being robbed. Their foolishness is underscored by the print on the partition. It depicts an owl, considered a stupid creature in the 17th century. After all, it could not see by day, not even with a candle or eyeglasses. The drunken couple is thus just as blind as the owl, a message that survives in the English idiom ‘blind as a bat’.
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