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Description: | A man has fallen into a drunken slumber propped on a barrel, his tankard loosely held in one hand and his clay pipe in the other. For all the comedy inherent in the man's ungainly lolling posture and coarse features, there is also an implication of moral censure. The artist who painted this small piece must have intended to imitate the popular comic but moralising works of Jan Steen, although this painting does not exhibit the same technical mastery evident in autograph paintings. It is unknown if the apparently false signature was added at a later date. | Subjects: | figure; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Steen, Jan (Dutch painter, 1626-1679) Æ School of Previously attributed to Brouwer, Adriaen (Flemish painter, born 1605 or 1606, died 1638) Previously attributed to Steen, Jan (Dutch painter, 1626-1679) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8894... | Go to resource |
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