As the old ones sang, so the young ones squeak. A mother sits with a small child playing the flute on her lap at a set table. Beside her, her chubby-cheeked husband blows a bagpipe and a little boy plays a flute while his grandfather and grandmother, both wearing glasses, sing. The singing old man indicates the beat with a finger. A large dog rests with its snout on the table and watches the scene with pricked ears. On the wall behind the group is a richly ornamented cartouche with the proverb Soo D'oude songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (as the old ones sang, so the young ones squeak). Below the sce
As the old ones sang, so the young ones squeak. A mother sits with a small child playing the flute on her lap at a set table. Beside her, her chubby-cheeked husband blows a bagpipe and a little boy plays a flute while his grandfather and grandmother, both wearing glasses, sing. The singing old man indicates the beat with a finger. A large dog rests with its snout on the table and watches the scene with pricked ears. On the wall behind the group is a richly ornamented cartouche with the proverb Soo D'oude songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (as the old ones sang, so the young ones squeak). Below the scene in the margin is a verse with an allusion to this proverb in Latin., print, print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, (mentioned on object), after painting by: Jacques Jordaens, (mentioned on object), publisher: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), 1638 - 1659, paper, engraving, height, 335 mm × width, 459 mm
Size: 6075px × 4408px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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