A mother sits with a small child playing the flute on her lap at a set table. Next to her, her husband blows a bagpipe with rounded cheeks and a little boy plays the 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 his snout on the table and observes the scene with pointed ears. Against the wall behind the group a richly ornamented cartouche is depicted with the proverb Soo D'oude songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (so the ancients sang, so the boy squealed). Beneath the performance in the margin is a

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