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The artist’s message? Here is a man who, succumbing to erotic temptation, is being exploited by women. But as well as this moral theme, there is knowing humour and plenty of double entendres in the scene. The vertical thrust of the wine glass in the man’s hand, not far from his groin, is an obvious example.
The painting has a pair, A Woman Playing Cards with Two Peasants, which plays on a similar theme, but is harder to interpret – it may echo the same theme, or provide a counter to it.
Title
Two Lovers at Table
Date
1644
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 26.4 x W 36.4 cm
Accession number
NG1056
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1879
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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