Leaving the Tavern

Leaving the Tavern, a 1660 painting by Jan Steen, depicts a lively scene outside a tavern. The artwork, housed in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, measures 1.09 meters in width and 0.84 meters in height. The painting shows a group of people, both men and women, engaged in various activities. Some are boisterously celebrating, drinking, and dancing, while others are lying on the ground, seemingly intoxicated or asleep. A boat is visible on the left, with several figures in it, suggesting a possible arrival or departure from the tavern. A dog is present near the boat. The setting is outdoors, under a large tree, near a brick wall and archway leading to the tavern. The overall mood is one of revelry and perhaps some disorder, characteristic of Jan Steen's genre scenes.