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As the Old Sang, the Young Play Pipes
Three generations at one table, and every one of them singing.
What
A family at a laid table: the grandmother reads the song from a sheet, the grandfather sings, a boy and a man blow pipes, and the mother holds the baby.
Why
Jordaens painted the Flemish proverb in 1638; the canvas has hung in Antwerp since the museum acquired it in 1883 (KMSKA 677).
Notice
The pipes in the children’s mouths answer the song in the old woman’s hand: the lesson passes down the table.
“A house teaches its habits at supper, one verse at a time.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), 677.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Jacob Jordaens
- Era
- Antwerp, 1638
- Source
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag PD-Art, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), 677.
