![Jan Steen - A Man Blowing Smoke at Drunken Woman [c.1660-65] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sG0UbNCTJKbvrcvI0cbZ6BFzS7FDo0Cy_Izx673wKt3ZRzIzpaPECZIN5BAbV-ygFS1fT7GKPoYJ2W4fE5D0hai5YH-s_nQH1hKnl7z61g1alTLvMwDjTcRIcdt4SW8w=s0-d)
Jan Steen - A Man Blowing Smoke at Drunken Woman [c.1660-65], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
The woman has fallen asleep with a glass in one hand and a pipe in the other. The two men seem to mock her state, and the picture may be intended to illustrate the saying 'De Wijn is een spotter' (Wine is a Mocker). This picture was probably painted in the early 1660s. Steen often painted pictures on the theme of female drunkenness.
[Oil on oak, 30.2 x 24.8 cm]
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