'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'

As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young shows a crowded 17th-century interior where adults and children cluster around a table to drink, eat, and toast, with a dog in the foreground and a parrot and birdcage visible on the left wall. The composition is a wide horizontal gathering of overlapping figures, rendered in a warm palette of browns, greens, and reds, with detailed textures from fabrics, fur, and fruit, reflecting Jan Steen’s lively Dutch genre painting style.