# Twelfth-night \(The King Drinks\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TENIERS, David the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 58 x 70 cm

## Commentary

This painting represents the popular custom at the Feast of the Three Kings \(6 January\), of proclaiming the person finding a bean hidden in his tart king for the evening and having him select his court from among those present. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/nicolai\_windsor\_drinking.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor \(The Merry Wives of Windsor\), drinking song&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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## Attribution

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