Merrymakers
Date1870
Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions55 inches × 35 1/2 inches (139.7 × 90.17 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
Object number80.37
DescriptionThree women and a baby, all depicted half-length, are gathered around a table covered with a white cloth. A green parrot, black-handled knife, plate of breadsticks, and glass of wine rest on table. Woman at left leans on table and holds a white folded paper. On the right a laughing woman sits facing the table with a baby in her lap. The baby's arms are outstretched. A woman stands behind the table and to the right of the mother and child.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 10a
ProvenanceParis, sale J. Pierre Selz, (dealer), 1980, (purchased by the DIA
with funds from the Robert H. Tannahil Foundation Fund).
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641