# Candle-Lit Interior

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NAIVEU, Matthijs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 64 cm

## Commentary

The subject is probably &#34;The Doctor&#39;s Visit&#34;: a lovesick woman, suffering no physical ailment, is attended by a Quack who presents her with a harlequin figure brandishing a clyster pipe, crudely indicating the true source of her sickness, and mocking her for it. It is further alluded to by the subjects of the paintings on the wall behind: a Lot and his Daughters and an Endymion or a Sleeping Cupid. The subject was popular earlier in the century with artists such as Jan Steen, and is known in other pictures by Naiveu.

## Related artworks

- [Boy and Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/boy-and-girl-blowing-soap-bubbles-r2c874d27536ef7>)
- [Carnival Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/carnival-scene-r34b3cdf2facc8e>)
- [Grapes in a Niche](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/grapes-in-a-niche-r017a6f4013cc5d>)
- [Interior with an Elegant Lady Receiving a Suitor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/interior-with-an-elegant-lady-receiving-a-suitor-r336e825fc1668d>)
- [Newborn Baby](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/newborn-baby-rcf43b16f441277>)
- [Portrait of a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/portrait-of-a-gentleman-r4e4635b983afea>)
- [The Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/the-holy-family-rcfb0c2262a8df1>)
- [Visit to the Nursery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/naiveu-matthijs-r8934e456338b54/visit-to-the-nursery-rae8e2d0f03cb02>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)