Jacob MathamDutch, 1571–1631Couple Drinking in a Tavern Garden
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Couple Drinking in a Tavern Garden” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
This series of four prints is known by the collective title The Consequences of Drunkenness, visually summing up the old Dutch proverb, ‘Cards, stockings and tankards ruin many a man’. In the background here, a bar maid or landlady is keeping a tab of the couple’s drink orders. The motif of the man pouring and drinking simultaneously from two glasses alludes to over-indulgence.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-27.052
What it shows
Named men's neckwearClothing for the upper part of the body (BODICE) (+ fur used for clothes)Men's hatsWomen's capsWomen's clothingNamed women's neckwearWomen's skirtsMen's clothingDrunkennessDrinkingMen's breechesWomen's apronsMen's doubletsWomen's sleevesClothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)Women's belts and sashes
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
