... inebriated figures, whose indecorous poses demonstrate that this is no configured recording. According to Arnold Houbraken, the painting is intended as 'an emblem of his disorderly household'4. Thus, the central figure is usually regarded as a self-portrait of Steen, the woman beside him his wife, and the other younger figures are modeled on his children. Houbraken, amongst others, have suggested that the ... themes found in the painting. The various figures are symbol in themselves, used to embody the various sins or faults5. The most prominent figure at the paintings foreground i...

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