- Artist
- Jan Steen
- Year
- ca. 1663–64
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 42 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (108 x 90.2 cm)
A household in cheerful disarray: the master of the house slumps in his chair, a pipe in hand, while children mimic their elders over cards and drink. Jan Steen’s moralizing comedy — “as the old sing, so the young pipe” — was a favorite theme of the Dutch Golden Age’s most entertaining storyteller.