The Effects of Intemperance
Artist: Jan Steen (Dutch, 1625/1626 - 1679)
Original Dimensions: 29 7/8" x 41 7/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (About 1663-5) "Propriety, order and temperance were important virtues in Dutch Calvinist society in the seventeenth century. People admired hard work and disapproved of wantonness. But they also liked a good laugh and the way that Jan Steen could make moralising entertaining. Some of his jokes are immediately clear. We can see that this is a household where the children and servants are taking over. They are feeding their lunch to the cat, wine to a parrot and roses to the pig, while a small boy reaches into the purse of the sleeping woman. She is the mother of the household, responsible for the well-being of her family. Intoxicated with tobacco and wine, implies Steen, she has neglected her duties. As a result her children run riot, and in the garden beyond a man – perhaps her husband – seduces the young woman who is sitting in his lap." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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