Wine is a Mocker
Jan Steen · 1668
Why it's great
A drunk husband and a wife get rowdy in a messy room, while a boy plays with a cat and a servant tells everyone it's time to go home. Jan Steen painted it in about 1668, and the title means that wine makes a fool of you.
Where to see it
📍 Norton Simon MuseumPasadena, United States
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Jan Steen was a Dutch painter born in Leiden in 1626. He painted lively, messy family scenes and parties full of jokes and lessons, so much that a messy home is called a Jan Steen household in Dutch. He died in 1679.
