# Gallant Company

- By: Pieter Codde (Amsterdam, ca. –1678)
- Date: 1633
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 6.7 cm (support incl. frame)
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4844--09027acc927e8b35b85f71aeb48a001a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/CwtnX/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Why is this company so merry? This painting depicts several of life’s pleasures. On the left, a singing woman plays the lute. The objects on the table and the pearl earring belonging to the woman in the middle both allude to luxury. The toiletries on the table, including a mirror, likely allude to vanity. The bed and the two gentlemen entering with a hare and a partridge are a nod to another kind of pleasure: ‘chasing the hare’ and ‘birding’ were euphemisms for making love.