As the Old Sing So Pipe the Young PMA(16)
Week 4 Musical Interlude (3) (1016 – 1020)10/20 – 10/24/2019 ID 1017
Jan Steen Dutch (active Leiden, Haarlem, and The Hague). 1626-1679
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young , ca. 1670-75
Oil on canvas
This painting is a visualization of a popular Dutch proverb about younger generations following the models of their elders. The proverb, written in Dutch, appears on the sheet of paper at lower left. Steen suggests that older generations may not always set positive examples: the nursing mother at center offers a toast of wine, while the woman to her left offers a child a drink directly from the wine pitcher. The laughing figure standing at center is a self-portrait of the artist, who sets the tone by pointing out the folly and comedy of the scene.
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917, cat. 519
From the Placard: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Steen
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/jan-havicksz-st...
As the Old Sing So Pipe the Young PMA(16)
Week 4 Musical Interlude (3) (1016 – 1020)10/20 – 10/24/2019 ID 1017
Jan Steen Dutch (active Leiden, Haarlem, and The Hague). 1626-1679
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young , ca. 1670-75
Oil on canvas
This painting is a visualization of a popular Dutch proverb about younger generations following the models of their elders. The proverb, written in Dutch, appears on the sheet of paper at lower left. Steen suggests that older generations may not always set positive examples: the nursing mother at center offers a toast of wine, while the woman to her left offers a child a drink directly from the wine pitcher. The laughing figure standing at center is a self-portrait of the artist, who sets the tone by pointing out the folly and comedy of the scene.
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917, cat. 519
From the Placard: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Steen
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/jan-havicksz-st...