The King Drinks

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The King Drinks is a lively Baroque painting by Jacob Jordaens depicting a boisterous Twelfth Night feast centered on a merrymaking "king" of the celebration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
painting
artHistoricalContext Counter-Reformation Flanders
artist Jacob Jordaens NERFINISHED
artStyle Flemish Baroque
basedOn Epiphany traditions
Twelfth Night customs
colorPalette warm tones
countryOfOrigin Flanders NERFINISHED
Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED
creator Jacob Jordaens NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Flemish
culturalContext Flemish bourgeois life
depicts Twelfth Night celebration
abundant food and drink
boisterous party
feast
merrymaking king
genre genre painting
hasInfluence Flemish festive genre scenes
hasTitleInDutch De koning drinkt NERFINISHED
hasTitleInEnglish The King Drinks NERFINISHED
hasTitleInFrench Le Roi boit NERFINISHED
iconography bean king of Twelfth Night
mainSubject Epiphany celebration
Twelfth Night king NERFINISHED
medium oil on canvas
movement Baroque
notableFeature central enthroned drinker
crowded interior scene
dynamic composition
strong chiaroscuro
partOf Jordaens’s Twelfth Night paintings NERFINISHED
period 17th century
portrays children at feast
king raising a glass
large gathered family
musicians
servants at table
relatedWorkByArtist As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young NERFINISHED
The Feast of the Bean King NERFINISHED
theme drinking
festivity
folk customs
social satire
uses oil paint

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Jacob Jordaens notableWork The King Drinks