Wine is a Mocker
Painting by the Dutch painter Jan Steen
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| Artist | Jan Steen |
| Year | 1663–1664 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 87.3 cm × 104.8 cm (34.4 in × 41.3 in) |
| Location | Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena |
Wine is a Mocker is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch artist Jan Steen, created in 1663–1664, now in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.[1] Its title is drawn from a biblical proverb.[1]
The canvas depicts a scene outside an inn where a well-dressed drunken woman is about to be carried home in a wheelbarrow. The proverb, written above the door of the inn,[1] reads: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise".[2] The painting illustrates the point that no one, of whatever status, is immune from the unedifying effects of strong drink.[1] Steen, who ran a tavern himself, would be well acquainted with such debauchery.
References
- ^ a b c d "Catalogue entry".
- ^ Proverbs 20:1
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Jan Steen
- A Mayor of Delft and his Daughter (1655)
- The Drunken Couple (c. 1655–1665)
- Interior with an Old Woman and a Young Boy (c. 1656–1660)
- The Oyster Eater (c. 1658–1660)
- The Lovesick Maiden (c. 1660)
- Tobias and Sarah in Prayer with the Angel Raphael and the Demon (c. 1660)
- The Physician's Visit (1660–1662)
- Skittle Players outside an Inn (c. 1660–1663)
- Children Teaching a Cat to Dance (c. 1660–1679)
- The Twelfth Night Feast (1662)
- Beware of Luxury (1663)
- The Dancing Couple (1663)
- Woman at her Toilet (1663)
- Wine is a Mocker (1663–64)
- The Effects of Intemperance (c. 1663–1665)
- The Feast of Saint Nicholas (c. 1665–1668)
- The Bean Feast (c. 1668)
- The Happy Family (1668)
- "As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young" (1668–1670)
- Samson Mocked (c. 1670)
- SS Jan Steen
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