Merry Company in the Tavern

Signiert: „J. Steen“; a woman in an untidy, reddish silk dress and a gauze cap sings from a printed sheet of paper; an elderly man looks over her shoulder and sings along; beside her, a violinist (perhaps identical with the painter) sits, also singing, and looks with a jaunty smile over his shoulder at a lad who toasts the singer; on the left, two women and two men sit at a table laden with food; one of the men is just taking a big gulp; fine metal tableware stands on a wall shelf; a piece of roast meat can be seen on the right, on a table laid with a Smyrna carpet; behind the table, two well-dressed men talk with a girl; through the open door one can see trees and houses; the upper part of the picture is filled by a curtain, gathered on both sides; the painting is executed in the later, not very fine manner of the Master, but it is very lively in its uniform red tint.