The Happy Family, Jan Havicksz. Stone, 1668
Exuberantly the whole family makes noise? The father sings loudly with raised glass, mother and grandmother fall in, the children blow along and even smoke from long pipes. The note on the chimney reveals the moral of the story: "So the ancients sang, so squeaked the boy? What should become of the children if the parents set a bad example?
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Rights: CC0
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