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The Drunken Couple
A man and woman are so drunk that they are unaware they are being robbed. Their foolishness is underscored by the print on the partition. It depicts an owl, considered a stupid creature in the 17th century. After all, it could not see by day, not even with a candle or eyeglasses. The drunken couple is thus just as blind as the owl, a message that survives in the English idiom ‘blind as a bat’.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/31B52
- http://iconclass.org/44G544
- http://iconclass.org/41C323
- http://iconclass.org/25F34
- http://iconclass.org/31AA4111
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/31B52
- http://iconclass.org/44G544
- http://iconclass.org/41C323
- http://iconclass.org/25F34
- http://iconclass.org/31AA4111
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1655 - c.1665
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5503
- SK-C-232
Extent
- height 52.5 cm
- width 64 cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
- oak (wood)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:51.304Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:23.520Z