The Merry Family

by Jan Havicksz Steen

Title

The Merry Family

Artist

Jan Havicksz Steen

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

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The Merry Family by Jan Havicksz Steen, 1668
oil on canvas.
www.roypedersenphotography.com
This boisterous family is making a lot of noise: the father sings at the top of his lungs while raising a glass; the mother and grandmother chime in; and the children are either blowing into a wind instrument or smoking a long pipe. The note hanging from the mantelpiece gives away the moral of the story: �As the old sing, so shall the young twitter.� What will become of the children if their parents set the wrong example. This old painting is from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The painting is in the Public Domain and is free to use with the permission of the museum.

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