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A Merry Company at Table

Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot (c.1585–1657)

The Wallace Collection

A Merry Company at Table

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A brothel scene, as implied by the discarded rapier, lute and dog in the foreground symbolising the disarming power of love and carnal desire. An elderly brothel keeper watches from a doorway as her girls flirt with the soldiers. The figures seated around the table make music together, a common euphemism for making love, and play cards and smoke, both considered vices at the time. A sense of collusion is established with the viewer through the direct, knowing gaze of the cavalier, sitting on the extreme right below the chimney breast, while a mirror on the background wall reminds the viewer to examine his own behaviour before judging others.

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Title

A Merry Company at Table

Date

c.1625–c.1630

Medium

oil on oak panel

Measurements

H 58.5 x W 81.4 cm

Accession number

P192

Acquisition method

acquired by Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, at an unknown date; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot

c.1585–1657

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