Tavern Scene
Artistcircle of
Jacob Duck
(Dutch, 1600 - 1667)
Datec. 1650
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsImage: 21 x 28 3/8 in. (53.3 x 72.1 cm)
Frame: 29 × 36 5/8 × 3 in. (73.7 × 93 × 7.6 cm)
Frame: 29 × 36 5/8 × 3 in. (73.7 × 93 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Caminer, 1961
Object numberSN734
Soldiers and women smoke and play games of chance in this small interior scene. Paintings depicting gambling, card playing, drinking, smoking, and prostitution were made in great numbers in the seventeenth century in the Netherlands. Such images were of moral significance, for they were seen as warnings against temptation and the dangers of excess.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall West
