# Tavern of the Crescent Moon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOLENAER, Jan Miense]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 87,8 x 102 cm ## Commentary A family party sit in the open air round a table loaded with food and drink. A piper stands behind the table and plays for them. There is an atmosphere of enjoyment shared by everyone, the artisans and tradesmen, their wives, children and the old folk. The picture is carefully executed but there is a strange contrast between the painting of the figures, which are full of life, and the background of buildings and trees which has something of the unreality of a stage back-cloth. The artist shows more skill in his treatment of interiors. The painting is signed lower left on the fence: J Molenaer. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 9 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv180\_piacere.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 180 \(Il Piacere, The Pleasure\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Quack and His Assistant]() - [Allegory of Vanity \(detail\)]() - [Amorous Couple in an Inn]() - [Battle between Carnival and Lent]() - [Drinking Peasants]() - [Interior with a Violinist]() - [Interior with Children Drinking and Mischief-Making]() - [Painter in His Studio, Painting a Musical Company]() - [Peasant Wedding]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in the Tavern]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()