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Brothel  1562

by Joachim Beuckelaer

Animated scenes of carousing in village inns and brothels were enjoyed by 16th-century collectors of paintings in the Netherlands as amusing evidence of the instincts of peasants. The motifs, including a drunk balancing unsteadily on his head, suggest that the scene is to be read in a moralizing way: excess leads to foolishness. It is intriguing then that Joachim Beukelaer...
Size: 
H: 10 1/2 x W: 14 in. (26.6 x 35.5 cm)
Medium: 
oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum