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Keywords: Workshop of Jan van Bijlert - Merry Company - Walters 37707.jpg Scenes of young revelers were popular in Dutch art during the 1600s Some include biblical analogies to suggest that a moral life avoids just such an easy life given over to indulging the senses These scenes were also enjoyed as a vicarious experience of the relaxed morals of the inn or brothel within an otherwise strict society The artist who is looking at us contrasts the calm harmony of the neatly dressed music-making trio on the left with the raucous threesome at the right one woman scolds the second is lethargic from smoking and indecorously dressed while the man unbuttoned literally and figuratively lounges on the table with his wine The bright colors increase the festive mood and encourage the eye to wander over the surface This small version of a larger composition by Van Bylert was produced by his workshop to satisfy a wider market ca 1630 Baroque oil on panel cm 40 6 58 accession number 37 707 29814 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Utrecht Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings by Jan van Bijlert 17th-century way of life in painting Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Merry company paintings
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