# Interior with a Woman Feeding a Parrot, Known as ‘The Parrot Cage’

- By: Jan Havicksz. Steen (Leiden, ca. –1679)
- Date: c. 1660 - c. 1670
- Medium: canvas, panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 50 cm x width 40 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-386--d30ae93dc80ff7c3ef53c2f66b70145d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qYUHU/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This scene bursts with life. On the left, a woman is frying oysters, while a mischievous boy tries to feed a cat. On the right, two men are playing a game of trictrac (a kind of backgammon). Through his use of colour, Steen directed attention to the woman in the middle giving a parrot a biscuit. Thanks to the light falling on her and her green and violet gown, she stands out against the other, more drably painted figures.