# Bordello Scene with Sleeping Couple [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DUCK, Jacob]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 27x 21 cm ## Commentary In this seemingly classic genre scene there are clear sexual connotations such as the exposed chest of the sleeping woman, and the ambivalent position of the standing woman's hand. ## Related artworks - [A Cavalier Selling His Goods]() - [A Couple in an Interior with a Gypsy Fortune-Teller]() - [A Guardroom Interior]() - [Almsgiving in a Notary's Office \(detail\)]() - [Almsgiving in a Notary's Office]() - [Dividing the Spoils]() - [Elegant Young Lady and Old Maid in an Interior]() - [Guardroom Interior]() - [Guardroom with Soldiers Playing Cards]() - [Interior Scene \(detail\)]() - [Interior Scene]() - [Soldier's Rest]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()