Music-Making Company on a Terrace

The painting depicts people at a garden party. In the background a fountain with Bacchus can be seen. Dirck Hals, brother of Frans Hals, often used this theme. Subjects and setting varied, but the message remained the same: warning against lightheartedness and an encouragement of modesty.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 13 minutes): Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in D minor (La Follia) op. 5 No. 12