The Merry Family
E28398
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting → |
| appliesToPart |
canvas
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| artHistoricalContext |
17th-century Dutch genre painting
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| artworkSurface |
canvas
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| collection |
Rijksmuseum collection
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| colorPalette |
warm tones
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| conveys |
humorous moralizing tone
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moral lesson about excess → warning about parental example → warning against drunkenness → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| creator |
Jan Steen
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| creatorNationality |
Dutch
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| depicts |
boisterous household scene
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children imitating adult misbehavior → domestic interior → family drinking → music making → overindulgence in alcohol → smoking → |
| genre |
genre art
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| hasPart |
child smoking a pipe
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children playing musical instruments → figure of drunken father → figure of mother drinking → food on table → inscription with moralizing verse → musical instruments → scattered household objects → wall paintings → wine jugs → |
| inception |
1668
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| languageOfTitle |
Dutch
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| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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| location |
Rijksmuseum
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| mainSubject |
family
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moralizing scene → |
| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Dutch Golden Age painting
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| notableFor |
combination of humor and moral message
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depiction of chaotic family life → lively characterization of figures → |
| originalTitle |
Het vrolijke huisgezin
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| partOf |
Dutch Golden Age domestic genre tradition
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| significantFigure |
Jan Steen
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| style |
narrative detail
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realism → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Jan Steen
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notableWork |
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Rijksmuseum
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notableWorkInCollection |
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The Merry Family
("Het vrolijke huisgezin")
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originalTitle |