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Bordeelscène

Bordeelscène, Nicolaes Knupfer, c. 1650

Nicolaes Knupfer, portrait

Nicolaes KnupferGerman, 1603–1655

Bordeelscène

c. 1650 · Drawing

May one see it?

Unknown

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

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About the work

This type of scene was called a Bordeeltje (‘little bordello’). The biblical story of the Prodigal Son squandering his inheritance was a popular pretext for painting brothel scenes. Knüpfer regularly depicted biblical scenes, which led to attributing this drawing to him. Yet the Prodigal

Son seems to be missing here. At the right can be seen the old procuress, who ensures that her girls keep the men’s spirits up.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

c. 1650

16031655

Accession number: RP-T-1898-A-3687

What it shows

Brothel Drunkenness

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolors Ink Baroque 17th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

More by Nicolaes Knupfer

Solon before Croesus, Nikolaus Knüpfer, about 1650–1652

Solon before Croesus

about 1650–1652 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Apparition de sainte Cécile à un couple, Knupfer, Nicolaus, 3e quart du XVIIe siècle (1655)

Apparition de sainte Cécile à un couple

third quarter of the 17th century (1655) · Musée du Louvre

Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Sillius, Nicolaes Knupfer, c. 1645 - c. 1650

Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Sillius

c. 1645 - c. 1650 · Rijksmuseum

Hercules Obtaining the Girdle of Hyppolita, Nicolaes Knupfer, 17th century

Hercules Obtaining the Girdle of Hyppolita

17th century · Not on view · State Hermitage Museum

Pastoral Portrait of a Boy and a Girl, Nicolaes Knupfer

Pastoral Portrait of a Boy and a Girl

Not on view · State Hermitage Museum

Alpheus und Arethusa, Nikolaus Knüpfer

Alpheus und Arethusa

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

Engelserscheinung mit Knienden vor einem Opferaltar (?), Nikolaus Knüpfer

Engelserscheinung mit Knienden vor einem Opferaltar (?)

Albertina

Nathan vor David (2. Buch Samuel, 12,1-12), Nikolaus Knüpfer

Nathan vor David (2. Buch Samuel, 12,1-12)

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

Neighbors at Rijksmuseum

Self-portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Vincent van Gogh

Self-portrait, 1887

La Corniche near Monaco, Claude Monet, 1884

Claude Monet

La Corniche bij Monaco, 1884

De Nachtwacht, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch, 1642

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Maria Trip (1619-1683), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Maria Trip, 1639

Still Life with Peacocks, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Still Life with Peacocks, c. 1639

Landscape with a Stone Bridge, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1638

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Stone Bridge, c. 1638

Man in Oriental Dress, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Man in Oriental Dress, 1635

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634