Interior of an Inn with Two Dead Men and a Drunkard

Gesina ter Borch, in or after 1658 - in or before 1659

This is a preliminary study for a watercolour accompanying a drinking song in the Poëzie-album (Poetry Album). In the foreground of this humorous work – a fairly literal illustration of the poem – we see two victims of a broken heart and in the background an unhappy man being scolded by his wife. The man leaning on a cask at the left has understood the tenor of the song, namely that drinking is preferable to heartbreak.

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1298
Dimensionsheight 134 mm x width 200 mm
Physical characteristicspotlood; linkerbovenhoek ontbreekt

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