Woman with Wine Glass in an Interior

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Pieter Fouquet (publisher)
,
Jean Daullé (etchers)

Date

1761

Period

18th century
The woman addicted to drink - hence the old name "riboteuse" - is synonymous with a bad, purely sensual life, which is also symbolised by the pipe, and this in contrast to the apple peeler - Metsu's pendant painting, depicting a well-regulated and virtuous domestic life.

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