# A Party in the Open Air. \(Allegory on Conjugal Love\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [OLIVER, Isaac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oliver-isaac-r7ace8e7b486d0d>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Watercolour on vellum, 11 x 17 cm

## Commentary

A Party in the Open Air. \(Allegory on Conjugal Love\) 1590-95 Watercolour on vellum, 11 x 17 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen This miniature painting shows a scene teeming with detail in which men and women have gathered for an open-air party where the concept of love is at the heart of everything. The scene is a moralising allegory, i.e. a cautionary tale about Christian, married love versus sensuous love, which at the time was regarded as corrupting and wrong.

## Related artworks

- [A Lady in Masque Costume](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oliver-isaac-r7ace8e7b486d0d/a-lady-in-masque-costume-r05a4409ea9b81b>)
- [Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset and Essex](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oliver-isaac-r7ace8e7b486d0d/frances-howard-countess-of-somerset-and-essex-r5ef2e743ec8d41>)

## Attribution

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