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Festive company with a drinking man with a crown, Epiphany, print, printmaker: Louis Jaugey, after painting by Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1850 - 1899, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, proof print, height 255 mm x width 304 mm, feasts of saints (and their relics), periodic celebrations, popular feasts, A crowded interior scene rendered in monochrome with crosshatching shows several figures gathered around a table and a bed. On the left, a group of people sit in a chair and on a bench, including a man with a wide-brimmed hat leaning back with closed eyes and a bearded man beside him; a woman with a headscarf faces away, another figure holds a long spoon up near an arched window opening. Toward the center, a hooded person raises an arm holding a platter with a skull on it. On the right, a person wearing a tall ribbed headdress leans over a bed, smiling, and holds a spoon-like object. A reclining figure on the bed has draped cloths and a tilted pot near the head. In the foreground a barrel sits on its side, and scattered fabric, cups, and rounded objects appear on the floor and shelves. The room is defined by vertical lined walls, an arched window, and a simple shelf with hanging items.
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