Figure 1.-- Steen painted, "Easy Come, Easy Go" in 1661. Here is typical Steen clutter--glasses on the floor, shells scattered about, a half peeled fruit, table clothes pulled back, ect. Steen gives us a view inside a rich man's home. I am not sure precisely what is going on here. As best I can make out the rich man is eating oysters. Why he is eating with his family, any why it is titled "Easy Come, Easy Go" I do not know. In the foreground a boy is the boy filling a pitcher, I assume with wine. It is not clear if this is his son or a servant boy. Click on the image to see the entire painting.

Jan Steen painted, "Easy Come, Easy Go" in 1661. Here is typical Steen clutter--glasses on the floor, shells scattered about, a half peeled fruit, table clothes pulled back, ect. Steen gives us a view inside a rich man's home. I am not sure precisely what is going on here. As best I can make out the rich man is eating oysters. Why he is eating with his family, any why it is titled "Easy Come, Easy Go" I do not know. In the foreground a boy is the boy filling a pitcher, I assume with wine. It is not clear if this is his son or a servant boy.

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