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Merry Company
Also titled Feestvierend gezelschap
1629
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- support: height 47.1 cm x width 63.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The figures around the table allude to the Five Senses. The woman with the lapdog represents Smell; the man with the piece of paper is Sight; the singing couple are Touch; the red-coated man with the glass of wine is Taste; and the lute-player is Hearing. On the wall behind them hangs a painting of The Deluge. That is a warning: there is more to life than pure sensual pleasure.
