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The Cuckold Bridegroom
about 1670 | Jan Steen
Here Jan Steen has opulently painted a genre scene with a morally instructive message. A somewhat older bridegroom is leading his reluctant and clearly heavily pregnant bride away from a party to their wedding night. The guests – including the artist, who has painted himself in the middle wearing a blue cape and playing a friction drum – are aware of the bride’s condition: on the right a young man is making the sign of the cuckold, holding up his hand with two spread fingers.

Here Jan Steen has opulently painted a genre scene with a morally instructive message. A somewhat older bridegroom is leading his reluctant and clearly heavily pregnant bride away from a party to their wedding night. The guests – including the artist, who has painted himself in the middle wearing a blue cape and playing a friction drum – are aware of the bride’s condition: on the right a young man is making the sign of the cuckold, holding up his hand with two spread fingers.
Artist:
Jan Steen (1626 - 1679 Leiden) DNBarrow_outward
Time:
about 1670
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
57 cm × 68,5 cm
Framed: 74 cm × 85,5 cm × 9 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 714
Provenance
1783 documented in the gallery
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