Interior with a Woman Feeding a Parrot, Known as ‘The Parrot Cage’

Interior with a woman feeding a parrot, two men playing backgammon and other figures, known as 'The parrot cage'

SK-A-386

signature: ‘JSteen’

This scene bursts with life. On the left, a woman is frying oysters, while a mischievous boy tries to feed a cat. On the right, two men are playing a game of trictrac (a kind of backgammon). Through his use of colour, Steen directed attention to the woman in the middle giving a parrot a biscuit. Thanks to the light falling on her and her green and violet gown, she stands out against the other, more drably painted figures.

painter: Jan Havicksz. Steen

c. 1660 - c. 1670

height 50 cm x width 40 cm

purchase 1809

Public domain

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20015865